Example sentences of "[noun] and after a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are extremely active little animals and after a couple of weeks , as soon as their fur is grown and their eyes are open , they start to supplement their mother 's milk with insects and other invertebrates that they find for themselves . |
| 2 | He married late in life but in 1833 his wife died in childbirth , the baby also dying ; and about two years after this tragedy and after a series of professional reverses , notably the discovery of defective work at Sherborne House , which led to a negligence award against him , he gave up architectural practice . |
| 3 | Hawks could n't afford to repair the aircraft and after a long rest in the hangar , it was bought by Ed Connerton who rebuilt it as a two-seat military aircraft registered NX2491 . |
| 4 | Several other people had arranged to share cars and after a good deal of last-minute discussion and instructions , they were at last on their way . |
| 5 | She turned abruptly into the fitting-room and after a very short time reappeared , looking as perfect as if she had spent hours dressing instead of minutes . |
| 6 | I even thought of going off to Australia , but I re-sat my exams , went back to college and after a bit of nightclubbing eventually got into the gym just to get fit again . |
| 7 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 8 | It was sad to think that they had waited so long in England for this invasion of their homeland and after a few hours ashore so many of them had been killed or wounded , the dead now lying in a temporary grave in the corner of a Normandy orchard . |
| 9 | Later we tried wire netting over the sluice and then mesh screens which rested each side and after a heavy snowfall collapsed into it , unable to bear the weight . |
| 10 | He emptied his flagon and after a minute 's hesitation she took it over to the table to refill it . |
| 11 | But it was only somewhere about thirty degrees Celsius and after a few days I had become accustomed to the change in temperature . |
| 12 | Chairman the , the mechanism is well practised and widely known it starts with the draft two two B in the January the Committee and after a period of about five to six months ' consultation within which the board programme of work of all capitalists are listed and put out to the community for response through their elected organization as to acceptability , five points of detail who were at relatively hirer one man to speak |
| 13 | He was a South African like Albert , but eventually settled in England and after a period at York City became a postman . |
| 14 | But they all tightened their belts and after a great deal of grunting and squeezing and pulling and pushing they emerged , one by one , into the moonlit churchyard . |
| 15 | Basically when you see ‘ Capcom ’ appear on your screen at the start , press Down , R , Up , L , Y , B and after a few seconds you 'll both be able to choose the same character . |
| 16 | and then jegs and after a few five minutes |
| 17 | Emily picked up the knife from the desk and inserted it between the top of the drawer and the desk and after a struggle , the drawer burst open . |
| 18 | Late afternoon and after a brief nap at home in Edinburgh , Frank McBride , the indefatigable chauffeur who will have driven Mr Smith more than 10,000 miles by the end of the campaign , brought his master to Stirling . |
| 19 | This is , of course , a question which the HMI team , in a brief 17 pages of text and after a seven-day visit , can hardly address ; and to do them justice they do not attempt to do so . |
| 20 | I volunteered for the Grenadier Guards , well I had to go to Chelsea Barracks and after a week there , they decided that I was n't medically fit for them , although the doctor or the M O at the Ipswich Recruiting Officer said , oh yes , you 're A one you 'll be fine for the guard but cos I was fairly well built , stature wise . |
| 21 | Shouldering their empty bait bags they jumped on their bikes and after a cheerful ‘ Watch out for mooring ropes , ’ from Yanto , they cycled off in opposite directions . |
| 22 | God knows — I shall make every effort to write to you of course , but I am such a bad writer and after a while it begins to be very difficult to write the essence of one 's personality and atmosphere on paper . |
| 23 | Eventually James Wyllie married Mrs. Kay 's sister and after a few years the Wyllie family took over the firm , retaining the name , Andrew Kay & Company . |
| 24 | Luckily neither the G.P.O. or McAlpine 's had any vacancies and after a marathon hatchet-burying session Jake , Ali McMordie , Henry Cluney and Dolphin Taylor decided to dust off the old Stiff Little Fingers ' backdrop and head out on tour . |
| 25 | As it turned out , I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats . |
| 26 | As I was not pleased with this , and indeed a little sorrowful that my brother should take pleasure in another 's company , I went to bed early and lay listening to the West Wind howling round the turrets and after a while fell into an uneasy slumber . |
| 27 | He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside . |
| 28 | He swung out of the room and after a scared glance in Craig 's direction , Cummings followed him . |
| 29 | I phoned the Packard Bell hotline and after a couple of days ' wait they were very helpful . |
| 30 | Er they actually took us to the petrol station to get more fuel and after a er five course lunch with the local farmer and his family er which was all very nice and er not too much wine of course as you can well appreciate erm we telephoned the gendarmerie and they came along and er closed the main road for er approximately twenty minutes and we took off on a road . |