Example sentences of "[coord] after [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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31 | Nothing more was seen or heard of the two men , and after a few days , the event was forgotten . |
32 | He became ill , and after a few days he died in my arms . |
33 | Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going … |
34 | 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 . |
35 | As predicted , the small lumps vanished , the gland remained — unchanged — and after a few weeks , I grew accustomed to the feel of it and forgot it until Dr Dingle rediscovered it during my 1988 medical . |
36 | As it turned out , I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats . |
37 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
38 | She had seen so many of the students set out from her door , awkward and anxious , and after a few weeks it was as if they had been studying there all their lives . |
39 | He turned and after a few seconds said : |
40 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
41 | Basically when you see ‘ Capcom ’ appear on your screen at the start , press Down , R , Up , L , Y , B and after a few seconds you 'll both be able to choose the same character . |
42 | Luke had tensed as she touched him , and after a few seconds he flung her hand off , the violence of the gesture silencing her abruptly . |
43 | It grew rapidly , and after a few seconds was the tiny bright shape of a man . |
44 | Too stunned to be furious , Maggie sat and after a few seconds of close and silent scrutiny Devlin Parnham sat too , facing her across a magnificent Persian rug , with the fire banked as high as if it were mid-winter . |
45 | They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard . |
46 | The A850 , having come north from Broadford , leaves Portree for the north-west of Skye and after a few miles , just beyond the standing stones by Borve , splits into the A856 . |
47 | Now there were two and after a few months there were four . |
48 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
49 | Hazel joined the Company in March 1970 and after a few months took over the role of transport manager , in which capacity she has been responsible for keeping the Company on the move ever since . |
50 | It forms a record of not only the resources allocated , but also those requested , and after a few months of operating the system the project leaders ' requests become realistic and they even strike agreements with each other on timing and amount of resources in advance of the meeting . |
51 | They had a whirlwind romance , and after a few months she 'd started hinting for a ring . |
52 | 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 . ’ |
53 | Unfortunately , many students begin a piece by trying to think of melody and accompaniment together , and after a few bars can go no further . |
54 | Carl moved into agency at NEMS in the late 1970s and after a few years was instrumental in the formation of the PAN agency . |
55 | Her father encouraged her desire to learn navigation and other aspects of seamanship , and after a few years her proficiency was obvious to everyone who sailed with her . |
56 | Eventually James Wyllie married Mrs. Kay 's sister and after a few years the Wyllie family took over the firm , retaining the name , Andrew Kay & Company . |
57 | I was lucky to get a job at Highgate , and after a few years was able tor educe my teaching to three days a week . |
58 | In this case the spin itself was quite normal , and after a few turns the pilot initiated the recovery by applying the full opposite rudder and then moving the stick forwards . |
59 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
60 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |