Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] a [noun sg] later " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constable apparently left the chamber at that , for half a minute later a cloaked figure came quickly out of the Garden Tower 's entrance and disappeared into the darkness . |
| 2 | From half a lifetime later we have two fine marble statues , one ( fig. 171 ) certainly the work of Paionios , the other ( fig. 161 ) probably of Alkamenes . |
| 3 | Although a more general move away from the indigenous Gothic style of architecture and church design only began in earnest a century later after the Restoration , the trend was signalled as early as the 1630s with the construction of St Paul 's , Covent Garden . |
| 4 | In Wellingborough the number of male boot and shoe makers rose from 613 in 1841 to 814 in 1851 and to 861 in 1861 ; female numbers rose from a mere 37 in 1841 to 473 in 1851 and to 744 a decade later . |
| 5 | Laxton 's population fell from 534 in 1851 to 500 a decade later . |
| 6 | We 'll come on to that a bit later on . |
| 7 | Tim Noble finds the area just as captivating over half a century later |
| 8 | The number of historians in higher education increased rapidly , from some 17,000 in 1962 to 27,000 a decade later , and their professional training and competence rose markedly . |