Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 People will say , you know , this person , and they wo n't mention their names , after a few hours together , we start to get to grips with the nature of influencing , and the names start falling out .
3 Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle .
4 After a few minutes more the conversation was beginning to flag .
5 After a few minutes more of dozing I sat up .
6 That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week .
7 I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark .
8 One of two possible methods is to divide off one end of the tank using a clear divider and install the new fish into the smaller section , after a few days when the other occupants of the tank have accepted the newcomer then remove the divider and let all of the fish mix .
9 The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations .
10 Most of all , after a few days there began to appear a growing chorus of complaint from hosts about the condition of some of the evacuees .
11 If there is no improvement after a few days then it is either not the appropriate remedy or there are some environmental maintaining causes blocking the remedy action §252 .
12 She was n't afraid of the dark ; but now , after a few nights here , she was beginning to admit to herself that she did n't really like such a depth of blackness .
13 After a few blows there , the porcupine succumbs and is then turned carefully over and eaten from underneath , its soft underbelly causing no problems .
14 For these reasons , and many more , no teenager returns home , even after a few months away , without having changed .
15 After a few months however , Mr Wilson had been recalled to London as the head of his company had been tragically killed in an automobile accident .
16 After a few months off , your main worry may be that you wo n't be able to cope with a full-time job , which will probably put you off returning to what you were doing before the baby .
17 Her cancer , which had not even been mentioned during the hypnosis session , rapidly regressed and after a few weeks even all radiological evidence of it had disappeared .
18 Part of him wants to get back to the security of home but he knows that after a few weeks there he might long for the contacts , communication and craziness of the multi-media scheme .
19 PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school handed over a cheque in memory of a former schoolmate yesterday .
20 The road to the fell leaves the A65 at Cowan Bridge , a small village where a tablet on the gable of a former school proudly proclaims that the Brontë sisters were educated there in 1824–25 before the transfer of the school to Casterton .
21 The old pubs evoke images of a former time when Horncastle was famous throughout the land for its Horse Fairs and when hostelries were packed with horse dealers .
22 And that , and that was a bit of a all year so that 's , that passed .
23 The boys could see that in reception classes , as in the all-in village school of a few generations ago , only one teacher taught all subjects to children between twelve and sixteen .
24 To compensate hunters , many of them peasants and Indians , for loss of income from the illegal trade , the government is allowing exports of a few species not in danger of extinction , such as the Teyu Guazu iguana , whose skin is used for handbags and belts .
25 She could n't explain now her bitter fury of a few moments ago or why she had used Marie to take revenge on Simon .
26 If that is the case , the Home Secretary 's statement of a few moments ago is wrong .
27 He was already striding towards the door , the gentleness of a few moments ago already forgotten , Lindsey realised , with a surprising stab of regret .
28 He echoed her words of a few moments before , and the jarring note of triumph in his voice rang a warning bell somewhere in Shannon 's mind .
29 Some were parents enjoying the luxury of a few hours away from their children , who were fully occupied with games and competitions at the miniclub .
30 He walked into the corridor , tiredness suddenly overcoming him with the prospect of a few hours off , and very nearly knocked Catherine Crane over in his preoccupation .
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