Example sentences of "after [art] few [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 After a few minutes one of the men detached himself from the group and walked after Fred at a smart pace .
2 After a few minutes dried food becomes soggy and loses its appeal , so the rule becomes : feed no more than the fish will eat in five minutes .
3 A small drapers , ‘ Palmers ’ , was next door but after a few years this became a Baby Wear shop .
4 After a few years this scheme was pronounced a failure .
5 After a few seconds all movement ceased and silence returned to the glade .
6 After a few weeks other problems appeared and the plaintiff sued for the cost of repairing them .
7 After a few weeks all our money was gone and everything was in pawn so Dad had to go to the relief office .
8 After a few weeks most boys bought their own pens and they were usually carried down the top of the right sock .
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