Example sentences of "after [art] few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slept well after a few pints of Sussex Devil at the local , and woke up to find my caddie famous . ’ |
| 2 | Ken Neil won the competition on ‘ how many ways to use an egg ’ and , after a few games of bingo , the 50 members enjoyed browsing around the Thrift Shop which had been opened specially because many can not get there on a Wednesday morning . |
| 3 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 4 | After a few moments of thought , a child replies , " We collect it from bees . " |
| 5 | After a few moments of pandemonium , Shamir thanked the delegates for their show of confidence , declared the convention closed and walked out of the hall , followed by most of his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 6 | Manville asked , after a few moments of silence . |
| 7 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
| 8 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 9 | After a few minutes with Mr Malik , Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief . |
| 10 | After a few years of indecision Nero finally chose military glory . |
| 11 | After a few years of management experience gained in clay-making departments and a brief spell as a studio artist with Johnson Matthey , Roy felt the need for further managerial training . |
| 12 | Frequently , the newer and more expensive designs prove , after a few years of use ( and a few hundred hapless patients ) , to give results substantially worse than this and are quietly withdrawn from the market despite initial optimism over their theoretical advantages . |
| 13 | After a few years in management , you know who they are , and it will be put right . ’ |
| 14 | In a period of very bad weather , for example , especially in a rural area the post office may run out of real cash , as might other shopkeepers , after a few days without contact from the outside world . |
| 15 | After a few days at Broadlands , they flew to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht Britannia for a two-week cruise in and around the Mediterranean . |
| 16 | After a few days of sun-oil and cold showers , she even had the nerve to seek the shade and grumble a little at the sweat and the glare of it all . |
| 17 | After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day . |
| 18 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 19 | But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ . |
| 20 | After a few days of tests and observation , the surgeon approached her bed . |
| 21 | After a few days of wing stretching and flapping outside the burrow , it makes the perilous trip to the edge of the cliff . |
| 22 | ‘ After a few days of production I had the opportunity to approach Dustin , ’ Silvis remembered . |
| 23 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | The treating , perhaps fortunately , cut his visit short for after a few nights of festivities he was stony broke . |
| 26 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 27 | Susan caught up with her after a few words with Mr Darling . |
| 28 | The transition from one to the other takes place after a few seconds of observation , is discontinous and can not be stopped at in an intermediate position . |
| 29 | After a few months of wrestling unsuccessfully with the strong weeds , the house was delighted to see activity in the grounds . |
| 30 | Shy young hairdressing assistants rapidly become bold and cheeky after a few months of work . |