Example sentences of "or [num] later " in BNC.
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| 1 | A moment or two later a man who , from his lanky form and fine-boned features , could only be her fiancé , Lord Woodleigh , emerged , evidently doing his best to overcome a certain reluctance . |
| 2 | Back in Britain a year or two later , I was one of a panel collected to perform before a group of young Americans who were paying Richard Demarco , Edinburgh 's most flamboyant cultural entrepreneur , for the privilege of drinking the wisdom of the New Scottish Enlightenment at source . |
| 3 | A day or two later we were enlightened — Dagbladdet is the name of the daily paper . |
| 4 | The result was that every crucial move made inside the Cathedral by the bride and groom — like the placing of the ring on the Princess 's finger — was followed a second or two later by the most enormous cheer from outside . |
| 5 | A day or two later I had a free morning , in which I intended to follow a class in Spanish language . |
| 6 | A day or two later he resumed the courtesies by paying mischievous tribute to the new British drill which his dentist had used to cure him . |
| 7 | Economic pressures producing changes in family structure may , for example , influence the higher-order structure of society only a generation or two later . |
| 8 | She answered it , and a day or two later , received a reply bearing the postmark ‘ Caversham ’ . |
| 9 | When Florey came to the chair of pathology at Sheffield a year or two later , Paine mentioned the matter to him but aroused no obvious interest . |
| 10 | It was therefore with great irritation that I noticed a day or two later that they had all been moved back to the ‘ General Interest ’ section . |
| 11 | The two men said nothing at the time to their wives , but a day or two later , the question of an evening of cards cropped up . |
| 12 | A minute or two later he drove up in a battered English saloon car with a bumper and two door handles missing . |
| 13 | So had Sam , after several pints of beer , but a month or two later , sober , he had chickened out . |
| 14 | A year or two later I was best man at the Braden-Kelly wedding which was performed by Bernie 's father , the Rev. Dr. E.D. Braden at the Kerrisdale United Church of which he was minister . |
| 15 | According to Jackson , the editor must have disclosed Freeman 's name , ‘ for a day or two later appeared a raving letter from Freeman accusing the editor of breach of confidence , abusing Ruskin and all his works and scorning his offer of intimacy ’ . |
| 16 | Harriet took no notice of it but a minute or two later there was a tap at her door and a maid stood there with one of the portable receivers — there was no extension in Harriet 's room . |
| 17 | When a senior executive arrived at the studio a day or two later he found parcels piling up in the reception area . |
| 18 | A year or two later , he was asked if he would like to sell a boxful . |
| 19 | A day or two later , when Dustin was wending his way home over West 11th Street , he bumped into his neighbour Mel Brooks . |
| 20 | I do not know when Elizabeth had first fallen under the spell , but I know that her friendship with Ivy did not begin until a year or two later . |
| 21 | A sentence or two later — and unfortunately all the evidence suggests that few readers get that far — they would have been informed that the hitherto obscure ‘ Cosmic Background Explorer ’ satellite , known to astronomical aficionados as ‘ Cobe ’ , had discovered mysterious ripples in the equally mysterious cosmic microwave background radiation . |
| 22 | When he returned he became editor , and a year or two later I had to fill in again for his editorial duties . |
| 23 | '' A day or two later an earthquake shook the whole area and the same thing happened : ‘ ’ the Lord was not in the earthquake . ’ |
| 24 | A day or two later I received the following letter : |
| 25 | A day or two later he had come round to my view and , after consultation with London , had decided to drop the matter . |
| 26 | The Editor agreed and so a day or two later my edited statement was published in Burmese on the front page of the New Light of Burma in a translation which U Khin Maung , my talented and faithful Information Officer , approved . |
| 27 | For me personally there was an epilogue to the story which came about when we bought a house in Edinburgh a year or two later . |
| 28 | A day or two later the policeman called and was told about the strange experiences . |
| 29 | He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later . |
| 30 | A week or two later , however , he had put such sentimental feelings behind him , and was sternly ordering his son onwards to Augsburg , to make some money . |