Example sentences of "but after [art] while " in BNC.
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1 | At first , after their early fights , Phoebe would work on making peace , leave the women to be with him , offer herself in ever more elaborate rituals , but after a while repetition made this boring . |
2 | It was just a few at first , but after a while it got more and more till it 's quite crowded now . |
3 | He may be shy at first , but after a while he will get over that : he is not half so shy as he was , of course not . |
4 | But after a while , the roads on his map began to criss-cross each other in a crazy fashion and it became clear that he had forgotten the geography of his land . |
5 | But after a while his father stopped him to say he was not singing what he had been taught . |
6 | At first it was quite nice attending interviews and things like that but after a while they all just become the same . |
7 | But after a while the Yugoslav government took them over , and converted them into agreements to supply oil . |
8 | At first this left me speechless , but after a while I began to ask ‘ Why ? ’ |
9 | She then went to bed feeling more relaxed , but after a while felt unwell and was soon sick . |
10 | They were very sympathetic but after a while the tension began to build with ever-increasing rows . |
11 | It soon became evident that the orchestra was fractionally behind on several entries — not enough to unsettle the soloist-aware listener , but after a while I was just waiting for it to happen . |
12 | ‘ D ’ , my husband , did n't accept me loving another girl when I told him I was a lesbian , but after a while he accepted me as Carla — 100 per cent . |
13 | The computer screen was still going crazy in front of them , but after a while it slowed down . |
14 | I was a big Smiths fan at the time , but after a while I found it just was n't raw or hard enough for me . |
15 | But after a while he soon knew large chunks of the play off by heart and could occasionally prompt without looking at the book . |
16 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
17 | That was what they seemed to have in common , that and Rufus 's brother and Adam knowing each other already , but after a while Adam got to see things he admired in Rufus , his toughness , the way he 'd got himself organized and in hand , the way he knew where he was going and yet still could be amusing and casual . |
18 | Mrs Tremayne would try to persuade her to go into Penzance with her , but after a while she gave up . |
19 | But after a while straight pieces of knitting cease to be satisfying and we progress to shaping , which speeds up the making-up process and also saves on materials . |
20 | This was an irrational longing too , but after a while it became irresistible . |
21 | Neither of us wanted to rush things but after a while I told myself , do n't be stupid , she 's special — go for it . ’ |
22 | At first I was delighted in the breadth and fullness of her singing , but after a while I missed any sense of Desdemona 's inner vulnerability or much nuance , particularly in her Act 4 scena . |
23 | But after a while the Zionists got impatient for ‘ Brits Out ’ so they started a ‘ Kill the British ’ campaign . |
24 | When that did n't halt the disintegration they got a few able-bodied men from the village to help , but after a while it was obvious that much more radical repair was needed . |
25 | Shock , but after a while their limbs 'll start trembling and they become very confused , now a person , a perfectly nice person , oh , you know , always very helpful and kind can suddenly become aggressive and they really do become aggressive and , if they go to violence their strength , oh where they get it from god only knows , but they could literally throw a person across the room . |
26 | about it , but after a while ah , I you know , things got more difficult as she deteriorated , but th I did learn a lot . |
27 | But after a while she spoke to herself angrily . |
28 | But after a while the White Rabbit came past again , looking for his white gloves and his fan . |
29 | But after a while he began to accept that what I told him must be true . |
30 | At first I was scared , but after a while I got used to it . |