Example sentences of "after a few [noun pl] [pers pn] had " in BNC.

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1 After a few moments she had relaxed fully , her apprehension shrivelled by the atmosphere of friendliness and laughter .
2 After a few minutes he had spoken again .
3 Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going …
4 But it was only somewhere about thirty degrees Celsius and after a few days I had become accustomed to the change in temperature .
5 After a few sessions I had to stop .
6 It was followed by a silence so fraught with regret on Luce 's part that after a few seconds she had to admit the truth .
7 After a few months she had decided that anything would be better than the ever-changing impersonality of that sort of life .
8 After a few months he had borrowed enough money to set up a drug store in Sydney .
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