Example sentences of "[adj] and after a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 2 | But the scent was old and after a time they went on again . |
| 3 | None of the colony would talk about warm and after a while she stopped asking . |
| 4 | On Sunday we rose early and after a good breakfast were eager to get out on the hills . |
| 5 | ‘ Dilly ’ , as he was called , went to Summer Fields , Oxford , at the age of eleven and after a year was first in his election to Eton . |
| 6 | I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | Lawrence bowling the last ball of this over and it 's a bouncer and gets underneath it , he 's six , DaSilva is eighteen , it 's a hundred and eighteen for three and after a word for big it will be Brian Johnston . |
| 9 | Carl moved into agency at NEMS in the late 1970s and after a few years was instrumental in the formation of the PAN agency . |
| 10 | When the ball was let out Northern 's backs looked the sharper and after a scoreless first half , centre Paul Collins burst on to a short pass from Johnson and sent the speedy Casado racing over . |
| 11 | These can be thought of as two separate systems with the non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts forming the core authorities ( see fig. 3.1 ) The first local councils under the 1972 Act were elected in 1973 and after a year of preparation , took office formally on the first day of April 1974 . |
| 12 | Hazel joined the Company in March 1970 and after a few months took over the role of transport manager , in which capacity she has been responsible for keeping the Company on the move ever since . |
| 13 | Marsden batted first but was dismissed for 15 and after a short rest Sampson went in to bat . |
| 14 | After having the proposals deferred in January of this year , the matter again came before the committee on September 15 and after a lengthy speech from the Chairman of the Airfield Research Group , along with various other expert witnesses , the committee voted in favour of listing RAF Hullavington as a conservation area . |
| 15 | He had a fishing boat of his own and after a year or so on the island had adapted to the life as a native . |
| 16 | Now there were two and after a few months there were four . |
| 17 | These people come in and it was alright and after a little while , it was the old old story . |