Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] after [art] few " in BNC.

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1 I asked if I could see the people who 'd brought me in and after a few minutes , Bunny and Rayleen appeared at the bedside .
2 I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’
3 The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by .
4 In order to test these predictions we need to compare the size of the latent inhibition effect found after a long exposure — test interval ( which we may take to be 24 h or more ) with that found after a short interval ( when conditioning follows exposure immediately or after a few minutes ) .
5 ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea .
6 Jeff , who drove a lead car , explained : ‘ We knew there was a building site there and after a few dollars had changed hands the construction workers used one of their cranes to transfer the three-and-a-halfton generator . ’
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