Example sentences of "[conj] after [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | He had one redeeming feature — his very good nature , except when he was in the boxing ring or after a few whiskies , when everyone gave him a wide berth . |
| 3 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The resultant online , interactive database is designed to be so easy to use that after a few minutes practice even novices can make very sophisticated searches and will have nearly instantaneous access to a vast storehouse of information hitherto accessible only after tedious , time-consuming and costly searches through individual issues . |
| 6 | If you have an odd number of needles , you end up knitting the same needles on every row , so that after a few rows the carriage jams . |
| 7 | It was followed by a silence so fraught with regret on Luce 's part that after a few seconds she had to admit the truth . |
| 8 | I 've found that after a few years experience you can tell , you just can you know ; which even if you 've got a group with two very imaginative kids in , who can play instruments really well , and the others sit back and let them do it , then you might give the difference between two out of ten and nine out of ten for effort in the same group , but for the overall effect they would then get the same mark for the group thing . |
| 9 | I did n't think that after a few years I would end up doing both ! ’ |
| 10 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | James faced such intractable problems that after a few months he nearly quit . |
| 13 | So far , he had not met any strange animals , terrifying monsters or lost pupils trying to find their way out , and after a few journeys began to feel quite safe as he wandered through the never-ending jungle of passageways . |
| 14 | Take particular note of every spot you see a bream roll , and after a few visits you will be able to form an accurate picture of where , how long , and what pattern the route forms . |
| 15 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 16 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 17 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 18 | Hazel peered closely into the thick , coarse hair ( a rabbit 's foot has no pads ) and after a few moments saw what he had expected — the oval shank Of a snapped-off thorn sticking out through the skin . |
| 19 | I did n't quite close the door , and after a few moments I could hear her footsteps walking briskly past . |
| 20 | He disappeared into the stable and after a few moments I peeped inside . |
| 21 | They did n't say anything , and after a few moments the silence hardened and became awkward . |
| 22 | He darted down the passage after Twoflower , and after a few moments came to a halt with a groan . |
| 23 | His presence inhibited her , completely destroying the pleasant atmosphere which had prevailed between Rob and herself , and after a few moments she took no part in the talk , merely listening with interest to Rob 's account of his holiday . |
| 24 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
| 25 | Fabia saw no point in butting in to comment that she had in fact come very close to doing that very thing , and after a few moments ' pause Ven went on , ‘ I knew I 'd bruised your pride , but that had been necessary when my desire for you had threatened to blot out reason . |
| 26 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | staining first appears in r3 ( a ) and after a few hours is joined by staining in r5 ( b ) . |
| 29 | Ice fishing , I find , is as cold as anything I have ever tried in the Arctic , and after a few minutes of unproductive ass-freezing I pack it in . |
| 30 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |