Example sentences of "after the first [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the first half hour I was hooked by its beautifully lucid narrative , but thrown by the guffaw factor in some scenes . |
| 2 | Talk to users themselves however , and after the first half dozen you will have concluded that drug use is a spiritual phenomenon . |
| 3 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Talk more slowly , ’ he said , in exasperation , after the first few seconds . |
| 5 | I imagine that this would be a good finger exercise for resting concert pianists — after the first few minutes my digits were dead ! |
| 6 | After the first few sentences he became bewildered , agitated , thunder-struck . |
| 7 | After the first few lessons it is important to take it easy and not rush around as this may undo the teacher 's work and the process will take longer to be effective . |
| 8 | To her disappointment Nahum only seemed to visit the old and sick , and after the first few days he no longer took her with him , having suffered embarrassment each time he introduced his new wife whose youth could n't be disguised . |
| 9 | After the first few minutes the child is not going to learn any more from the experience and will either fall asleep , start to play , or get up to mischief in the room . |
| 10 | He points out that after the first few days the violence vanished along with the hype and , instead , young black men from warring gangs actually got together to discuss the film . |
| 11 | But after the first few meetings … well , the people there are nice enough … it 's just that we never seem to hear from them between our quarterly meetings " . |
| 12 | But — so much for her wish to escape Fen 's disturbing proximity for a while — after the first few yards beyond the bridge the towpath ceased to exist . |
| 13 | The tape was then continued , and after the first few words were uttered by the second voice Lucy almost froze in horror . |
| 14 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 15 | ‘ We did n't have an unlimited budget and , after the first few weeks , the shops stopped being interesting . |
| 16 | After the first few incidents I began to suspect there was a pattern , so I tried to find it . |
| 17 | All perforations in the corrosive group occurred in patients with long , tight , and eccentric strictures in whom , after the first few sessions , dilatation was performed without fluoroscopic guidance . |
| 18 | All perforations occurred in patients with long , eccentric , and tight strictures in whom , after the first few sittings , dilatation was performed without fluoroscopic control . |