Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave up after a bit and just stayed there looking at me . |
| 2 | He finishes after a bit and then jumps up on the window ledge . |
| 3 | A man came into her house asking after a neighbour and then for a glass of water . |
| 4 | Johnny Herbert has returned to Formula One after a crash that almost ended his career . |
| 5 | In the wake of the riots , while denouncing all sorts of ‘ sentiment , wishful-thinking and humbug ’ , The Daily Mail also saw fit to editorialise on the black community who , it was said , ‘ must bear no small responsibility for the fear of the mob that has now returned after a century or more to haunt the cities of this land ’ . |
| 6 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 7 | Eleven of these studies actually show the striking reminiscence effect where recall in the arousal condition is actually better after a delay than immediately after learning . |
| 8 | After a decade or so as a librarian , and a spell as editor of Books and Bookman in the 1960s , Smith travelled around America with a suitcase full of samples of remaindered copies , which he sold to bargain book shops . |
| 9 | Some , like New York , have restored their economies after a decade or so of decline , while others , such as Baltimore or the London Docklands , have focused optimism on high prestige , frequently waterfront , projects . |
| 10 | In the light of kitchen she sat Maggie down and started to brush gently at her shoulders , but after a minute or so she said , |
| 11 | After a minute or so of explanation and apology , the voice the other end said . |
| 12 | She looked a trifle dazed and who could blame her , but after a minute or so she was on her feet again and tottering back towards the playground . |
| 13 | After a minute or so repeat this procedure if necessary . |
| 14 | After a minute or so , the solution is allowed to cool towards physiological temperature . |
| 15 | After a minute or so the plastic card split where it bent , and Forester had to pull it out carefully . |
| 16 | After a minute or so , Maxim said : ‘ Mrs Howard had a gun . |
| 17 | After a minute or so , when she felt stronger , she opened out the paper and stared down at the message printed there . |
| 18 | But , after a minute or so , she shook her hands free , waggled her head furiously and said , ‘ Nothing . |
| 19 | After a minute or so , Ramsbum opened his eyes , gazed fixedly at Amiss and recited : |
| 20 | It is often very tempting , after a pint or more , to tell your journalist friend a secret or two " off the record " or to air your grievances about the organisation for which you work . |
| 21 | After a day or so , they started to inspect the half-buried ¾″ plastic pipes I had provided as caves . |
| 22 | Put the new shoot in the jar , close beside the old one , and after a day or so most of the aphids will have left the old shoot . |
| 23 | Stained preparations may fade rapidly when first examined but usually stabilize after a day or so stored in the dark at 4-C . |
| 24 | Attempts to trace one taxi in Istanbul , after a year and more , naturally fell flat . |
| 25 | One CSE Grade 1 is all he could muster from school , so , fired by the grim prospect of a factory job , he went to a college of further education where he gained four ‘ O ’ levels after a year and then took a job at a wholesale jewellers , where they were n't too optimistic about his chances of promotion . |
| 26 | Arthur Price chairman John Price says : ‘ 13/0 certainly looks as bright and as cheerful as 18/8 but after it has been in use for a short while it goes dull and then grey and , after a year or so , stains and pitmarks develop which can not be removed . ’ |
| 27 | However , after a year or so he had recovered from all his problems except cribbing and an occasional bout of colic . |
| 28 | The fingerboard is plain , dot-free Indian rosewood , with a two-fret extension over the soundhole to bring the number of frets up to twenty-two ; The frets themselves are hard nickel silver , made in Holland — not the kind that will need replacing after a year or so . |
| 29 | After a year or so of disappointment , my Dad gently explained about air waves , and I reasoned that if Dick Barton could send his voice through the air waves , God certainly could . |
| 30 | After a year or so the rope was taken up from the lower floors and wound on to a cleat on the top storey . |