Example sentences of "[verb] after a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah told her that John had secured a job in an hotel but had been sacked after a few days . |
| 2 | ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work . |
| 3 | ‘ I am taking you to Jaén , ’ he announced after a few miles . |
| 4 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 5 | This is not an area where policies and procedures can be formulated after a few incidents have been experienced . |
| 6 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 7 | But there are those who prefer to promote the rumour that CDs are hardly long-lasting and likely to self-destruct after a few years . |
| 8 | resolve and spirit after a few days without a bath , a week without a change of clothes . |
| 9 | Suspecting a mild heart attack , his doctor had him admitted to hospital but tests were negative and he was discharged after a few days . |
| 10 | This had no very radical consequences : it was dropped after a few years , Diodorus says ( xi.87 ) , because too many of the prominent citizens were thereby discouraged from engaging in political life . |
| 11 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 12 | You may have experienced something similar with shampoo : use the same one for too long and the remarkable results you may have seen at first begin to diminish after a few washes . |
| 13 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 14 | If untreated , recovery occurs after a few weeks , but discharging abscesses may remain in the groin . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've never done this before have we , love , ’ Dan said , remembering after a few yards to change onto the correct side of the road . |
| 16 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 17 | This perennial plant 's big , bold , green clumps , measuring 90cm/3ft high and the same in diameter , grow even bigger and more productive before they deteriorate after a few years ' growth , and are then best replaced . |
| 18 | Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies . ’ |
| 19 | It was nearly dark when we left Fontanellato and , with no lights about , it was hard to know where we were going after a few kilometres . |
| 20 | They were persuaded after a few days to go back to far-off Shaanxi province and continue to do their duty in their ‘ adopted rural home ’ . |
| 21 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 22 | Poor appetite , stops feeding and screams after a few minutes |
| 23 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 24 | Although most children remain well as long as they stick to their diet , a few seem to relapse after a few years for no apparent reason . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's enough ! ’ he called after a few minutes . |
| 26 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
| 27 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 28 | It 's very easy for young people to come into politics , full of enthusiasm and full up of get up get up and go and many of them get up and go after a few years . |
| 29 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 30 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |