Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] after [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ’ . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | Suspecting a mild heart attack , his doctor had him admitted to hospital but tests were negative and he was discharged after a few days . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | A clear run of four hundred yards was obtained after a few holes had been filled in . |
7 | The regiment 's first official title after the 1881 merger was The Halifax Regiment ( Duke of Wellington 's ) but this was changed after a few weeks to The Duke of Wellington 's ( West Riding Regiment ) and again in 1920 to The Duke of Wellington 's Regiment ( West Riding ) . |