Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] after [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , I remember , ’ said my mother after a few minutes . |
| 2 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 3 | A friend of mine once returned to her house after a few month 's absence and found that though the font of her desk looked exactly the same as before she left , termites had eaten out the back of it and destroyed the contents of several drawers . |
| 4 | I think that erm he 's almost there , we shall be able to award him his proficiency badge for his locksmithing after a few more tests . |
| 5 | Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days . |
| 6 | I could have told you this at the height of his reputation , just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight . |
| 7 | Q When you look at your diary after a few days , and your tally of tantrums , are they part of a more general pattern ? |