Example sentences of "[vb past] a few [noun pl] after [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 2 | The message probably arrived a few minutes after we left . |
| 3 | The doorbell rang a few minutes after she had opened the lid of her case and returned downstairs to make herself a cup of tea . |
| 4 | Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word . |
| 5 | Police believe he died a few hours after he was abducted . |
| 6 | I was adopted when my own mother died a few days after I was born . |
| 7 | There was a pause , as if he was controlling his rage , before he answered , ‘ He died a few days after you left him . ’ |
| 8 | It took a few seconds after he regained consciousness to realize that he was blindfolded . |