Example sentences of "after a few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some stopped dividing after a few hours and remained generalised in form and in dense clusters . |
| 2 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 3 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 4 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 5 | Water again after a few days and start feeding in June . |
| 6 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 7 | Anyway , the fact is that if it had n't rained in Japan , if he had n't withdrawn from the race after a few laps and waited until the weather improved , he , not James Hunt , would have been champion . |
| 8 | After a few gigs and demos in the late '80s , they eventually — with the help of local soulmates American Music Club — came to the attention of 4AD 's Ivo Watts-Russell , who , enraptured , put out six of these demos from 1989 –'90; as the ‘ Down Colorful Hill ’ album last September . |
| 9 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 10 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 11 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 12 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |