Example sentences of "after [art] few moments " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After a few moments she was saying very natural and quite irritable ‘ ouches ’ when Phoebe prodded too hard . |
| 2 | After a few moments we realize why . |
| 3 | After a few moments her voice grew louder , and she started to shout at her mother . |
| 4 | After a few moments she said , ‘ My God , I think he 's dead . ’ |
| 5 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 6 | I asked him to write down what he liked about the skinhead style and , after a few moments ' thought , he dashed off the above . |
| 7 | After a few moments a truce was arranged . |
| 8 | After a few moments , the receipt and change , if any , came speeding back , arriving with a clang and the ring of a bell above the counter . |
| 9 | After a few moments which allowed her to gather her thoughts , she replied in a quiet , even voice : |
| 10 | Manville asked , after a few moments of silence . |
| 11 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 12 | After a few moments he returned . |
| 13 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 14 | Hazel peered closely into the thick , coarse hair ( a rabbit 's foot has no pads ) and after a few moments saw what he had expected — the oval shank Of a snapped-off thorn sticking out through the skin . |
| 15 | After a few moments the professor himself appears from a doorway . |
| 16 | I did n't quite close the door , and after a few moments I could hear her footsteps walking briskly past . |
| 17 | After a few moments of uncomfortable silence , she said stubbornly , ‘ If you denigrate my life 's work , you shall not profit by it unless you apologize to me , Clare . ’ |
| 18 | After a few moments : ‘ We stop now , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ I can see that you 're a trifle overcome , ’ he said after a few moments . |
| 20 | After a few moments he said calmly , ‘ Now , Jane , be sensible . |
| 21 | After a few moments , a man entered , his face set in a grim expression that , while not malicious , certainly did n't show any sign of sympathy for their cause . |
| 22 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 23 | After a few moments the snuffles and grunts were overlaid by a voice explaining in sympathetically conspiratorial tones that we were listening to the sounds made by mating koalas in the Pilliga Nature Reserve in New South Wales . |
| 24 | After a few moments , she realized that if she half closed the filters across the starsuit helmet she could cut out at least some of the light . |
| 25 | When , after a few moments , no further miracles were forthcoming , she moved on . |
| 26 | He disappeared into the stable and after a few moments I peeped inside . |
| 27 | After a few moments , Mrs Sweet returned with a bottle , poured two substantial gins , added tonic and proffered a glass . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's good , ’ she said after a few moments . |
| 29 | After a few moments , the dancers from the previous number could be seen filing out from behind the golden curtain , having exited on the far side of the stage ; their faces were slack and tired , their breathing hard . |
| 30 | After a few moments , Walterkin said , ‘ Perhaps it was the same for him . ’ |