Example sentences of "[noun] after a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
| 2 | Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks . |
| 3 | " 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 . |
| 4 | " The Chairman after a few opening remarks intimated to the Meeting that the Debate would be taken up by the Revd. |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I think that erm he 's almost there , we shall be able to award him his proficiency badge for his locksmithing after a few more tests . |
| 7 | swinging wildly over to the left , while the other ground to a halt on the gravel after a few yards . |
| 8 | This usually clears up of its own accord after a few days — thereafter the person has no symptoms but may remain infectious . |
| 9 | Any Associate is recruited with the prospect that he or she will be eligible for partnership after a few years : business development abilities , superior counselling skills in the field and a deep commitment to the firm and its progress are qualities which will rapidly become determinant . |
| 10 | The majority of students become acclimatised to these sensations after a few flights , but every instructor is aware that some students are particularly sensitive to these feelings and can develop a total abhorrence of stalling and pitching manoeuvres . |
| 11 | Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days . |
| 12 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 13 | Even putting by a relatively small sum on a regular basis can lead to a healthy nest-egg after a few years . |
| 14 | Regular filter changes are essential because efficiency can drop from 80% to 20% after a few weeks , if you forget to clean your unit . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Inspired by Darwin 's cousin , Francis Galton ( 1822–1911 ) , the biometricians sought to provide hard evidence that a population subjected to selection pressure exhibited a measurable difference after a few generations . |
| 17 | You 'll no worry about that Rocastle business after a few wee snifters of Teachers ’ … |
| 18 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 19 | One in the British Museum ( fig. 77 ) has been known since the eighteenth century and is called the Choiseul-Gouffier Apollo after a former owner . |
| 20 | Q When you look at your diary after a few days , and your tally of tantrums , are they part of a more general pattern ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She was much more fun after a few drinks , gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet . |
| 23 | Age Concern expressed reservations in its response to the Griffiths Review of Community Care that contracts for certain services might prove unprofitable to private sector providers after a few years , by which time District Health Authorities would have divested themselves of the resources to provide similar services . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But there is a world of difference between these patients , discharged carefully to a community hostel , and those sent out at short notice after a few months in an acute psychiatric ward . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | At first I was too busy to see any change in myself , but one morning after a few weeks our flight was coming to the end of a five-mile run . |
| 28 | ‘ Where 's Prescott ? ’ asked Trentham after a few minutes had passed . |
| 29 | The sergeant confirmed that that happened with bodies after a few days . |
| 30 | Hugh began as a chargehand in the Teasing Department , where he returned to become foreman after a few years in the Dyed Wool Blending Department . |