Example sentences of "the [noun sg] after a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The Chairman after a few remarks called upon Mr. Borland to read his Essay on " Labour , " after which all the Members in rotation were requested to give their views on the subject . |
| 2 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 3 | swinging wildly over to the left , while the other ground to a halt on the gravel after a few yards . |
| 4 | Anyway , the fact is that if it had n't rained in Japan , if he had n't withdrawn from the race after a few laps and waited until the weather improved , he , not James Hunt , would have been champion . |
| 5 | The girl 's mother has not suffered from the disorder in her daughter 's lifetime and the girl was removed from the register after a few years . |
| 6 | But holding the copper after a few seconds the heat all the heat 'd be transmitted through |
| 7 | It can be ascertained within two to four days whether or not the remedy has been correctly selected ( in acute cases within two to four hours ) because the patient after a few doses should be relieved . |
| 8 | The Ethiopian army , the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa , consists largely of press-ganged young peasants or unemployed urban teenagers who have been drafted to the front after a few weeks ' training . |