Example sentences of "after [art] few [noun pl] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 After a few minutes Woodruffe said : ‘ You 've got your foot on the brake , Dudley . ’
2 After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser .
3 After a few minutes Rose handed the paper back to him .
4 After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table .
5 After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron .
6 After a few days Anne decided to go back to school .
7 But after a few days Mcduff lost interest .
8 But after a few days Clare began to worry .
9 After a few seconds Sandison said : ‘ Tell me about the Scots . ’
10 ‘ Please , Dana , do as I ask ; it 's important , ’ Claudia pleaded , and something in her manner must have got across , for after a few seconds Dana allowed herself to be led towards the café .
11 erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily
12 They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard .
13 After a few weeks newspapers lifted their ban on match reports , and while the war was waged on the front page , the struggle for League points gathered pace on the back .
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