Example sentences of "after a [adj] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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1 | AFTER a few minutes in the company of Joe Boyd , I was wondering whether there was anybody in world music he had not heard of . |
2 | After a few minutes in the kitchen , the lady placed before me a plate of home-made scones , a dish of jam and a large pot of tea , all delicious . |
3 | Similar criteria have often applied to the education officer who , after a few years in the classroom . |
4 | Hugh began as a chargehand in the Teasing Department , where he returned to become foreman after a few years in the Dyed Wool Blending Department . |
5 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
6 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
7 | After a few days in the cave , he entered the farmhouse , saying that his end was close . |
8 | We all know that we feel better after a few days in the mountains but why is this ? |
9 | After a few days in the nest , however , the chicks will peck more at the herring gull model ( Figure 3.4 ) . |
10 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
11 | After a dozen years in the business Keener looks with particular affection on the recordings he has done with Leonard Slatkin , especially the Elgar and Vaughan Williams Symphonies . |
12 | After a dozen years in the Arkansas state-house he decided to run for president at time when President George Bush 's re-election was considered virtually certain . |