Example sentences of "and after a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Ice fishing , I find , is as cold as anything I have ever tried in the Arctic , and after a few minutes of unproductive ass-freezing I pack it in . |
3 | I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again . |
4 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |
5 | Too stunned to be furious , Maggie sat and after a few seconds of close and silent scrutiny Devlin Parnham sat too , facing her across a magnificent Persian rug , with the fire banked as high as if it were mid-winter . |
6 | It forms a record of not only the resources allocated , but also those requested , and after a few months of operating the system the project leaders ' requests become realistic and they even strike agreements with each other on timing and amount of resources in advance of the meeting . |