Example sentences of "after [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 32 | After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster . |
| 33 | After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 . |
| 34 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 35 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |
| 36 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 37 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 38 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 39 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 40 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 41 | After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf . |
| 42 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 43 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 44 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
| 45 | After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again . |
| 46 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 47 | After a few minutes I felt pins and needles in my behind , my blood pressure was fine and I was allowed to sit up again . |
| 48 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
| 49 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
| 50 | After a few minutes I unexpectedly found myself singing a song which I was sure I had not sung since Eton days forty years before . |
| 51 | After a few minutes I realize this letter can not be written truthfully . |
| 52 | After a few minutes I take a look round the place , stepping under Moorish archways and over low white walls , past an astroturf tennis court and a swimming pool about the same size , uncovered and still . |
| 53 | After a few minutes I managed to get to my knees and use a pee-bottle , although after sweating so much , I ca n't imagine I needed to . |
| 54 | But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move . |
| 55 | I was glad to stay and rest at first , but after a few minutes I became unbearably nervous . |
| 56 | After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards . |
| 57 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 58 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 59 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 60 | After a few minutes he replaces it with something more conducive to conversation , the Neville Brothers ' ‘ Yellow Moon ’ . |