Example sentences of "[vb past] after [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Mm , that 's better ! ’ she said after a few mouthfuls . |
| 32 | ‘ My wife 's been ill , ’ he said after a few minutes . |
| 33 | ‘ Sweet God , ’ he said after a few seconds , then began buttoning his blue coat . |
| 34 | ‘ I said after the European Championships I would be looking for a much more settled squad , ’ said Taylor . |
| 35 | But Sgt Hinde , 37 , ran after the four men who fled from the Nissan . |
| 36 | Or was she behaving again like she had after the strange happenings on Monument Hill ? |
| 37 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 38 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 39 | China was even worse : ‘ I was sorely grieved that heathendom had so strong a hold over [ this rich country ] , ’ he wrote after a few weeks in Qanjanfu . |
| 40 | ‘ Both born in the Ukraine , you 'll notice , ’ Manville explained after a few seconds . |
| 41 | The unrest in the Chittagong Hill Tracts between predominantly Buddhist Chakma tribal peoples and Moslem Bengali settlers and the security forces subsided after the local elections on June 25 , 1989 , in the region ( for which see p. 36736 ; for legislation creating local councils see p. 36524 ) . |