Example sentences of "then [prep] a few [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then for a few days she was quiet . |
| 2 | Then for a few seconds he said nothing . |
| 3 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 4 | Gina started scanning the documents , then after a few seconds she gasped , |
| 5 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 6 | Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long . |
| 7 | You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then in a few months you could have a thriving business here , Mr Robinson . |