Example sentences of "after [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After literally a few weeks in Bosnia you became used to death . |
| 2 | The headache was the Leyland Class 155 , withdrawn after only a few months with doors that jammed open . |
| 3 | Normal tissue paper , like most paper , contains acid which encourages fading and decay , including the gradual yellowing of white fabrics , a process which may be seen after only a few years . |
| 4 | Soft cuttings may root after only a few weeks , so pot individual cuttings as soon as you see new young leaves or white roots at the base of containers . |
| 5 | After only a few months there I located an even better one on the ground floor of a house at the corner of Jervis and Georgia Streets , not far from the CBC studios . |
| 6 | After only a few lessons , most people can even hypnotise themselves . |
| 7 | By experimenting with the duration of incubation they found that fusion occurred after only a few hours , and that viable hybrids could be grown in a liquid culture medium containing glucose , monosodium glutamate , a mixture of vitamins , sodium chloride and extracts of Raphanus brassica ( common mustard ) . |
| 8 | On 18 February , following ‘ The Rout of Moy ’ , Inverness was occupied by the Jacobites without resistance , and three days later Fort George , the eastern pivot of Wade 's Highland line , capitulated after only a few shots had been fired . |
| 9 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 10 | If you leave after only a few months ' experience here , believe me , you will find it hard to get a good job elsewhere . |
| 11 | Attempts to set up a national printers " union in Scotland date from 1836 , but both the General Typographical Association of Scotland and its successor , the Northern District Board of the National Typographical Association , came to grief after only a few years . |
| 12 | After only a few minutes ' discussion , Hill and Branson agreed a transfer of the Sex Pistols ' contract from EMI to Virgin , conditional , of course , on the agreement of the group 's manager , Malcolm McLaren . |
| 13 | After only a few days he gave up and did his best to ignore them even though they had the one thing above all he was beginning to want : freedom . |
| 14 | After only a few days we were both madly in love , not just with each other , but with this beautiful island in the sun and with Crystal Springs , which we found by accident . |
| 15 | Nick and I went to see Canon Oates and we knew after only a few minutes in his company that he wanted to help very much . |
| 16 | On their first meal of monarch the jays were violently sick ; but after only a few trials they had learned not to eat monarchs , though they continued to eat other , tasty food . |
| 17 | ‘ How interesting that after only a few hours you know so much about me . |
| 18 | His imposition of a state of emergency and cancellation of forthcoming presidential elections led to demonstrations and he was forced out of office after only a few hours [ see pp. 38925-26 ] . |
| 19 | Three of these had discontinued treatment themselves after only a few days and failed to keep further appointments , one was found to have severe total colonic disease on colonoscopy , and one was found to have Crohn 's disease ; none of these five patients had side effects from treatment and were deemed unsuitable for analysis . |
| 20 | After just a few hours sleep , I half awoke to a bang on the window . |
| 21 | And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through . |
| 22 | And after just a few sessions of treatment his parents were overjoyed to be told their son could be walking by the time they leave the Capital in April . |
| 23 | After quite a few practice turns , the last child , or to make this part of the game quicker the last two children , to sit down are out . |
| 24 | ( After quite a few months of use , I still think these to be the best settings for ploughed land . ) |