Example sentences of "after [art] first [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy slept after the first few hours , and woke with a start from a nightmare where she was being chased and her feet were weighed down with heavy , heavy shoes . |
| 2 | After the first few dates when he had kissed and cuddled her and only touched her breasts through her blouse , he had started slipping his hand inside . |
| 3 | I was bound to get pregnant , but after the first few times , when I was really scared I thought " I 'll be lucky . " |
| 4 | Francie grinned , and joined in with her after the first few phrases . |
| 5 | In fact , after the first few minutes of wriggling and giggling , he began to enjoy it . |
| 6 | The knights engaged in close combat but the jousting was cancelled after the first few contests as the horses were unsure of their footing in the mud and consequently the inept efforts of the knights produced only laughter from the spectators . |
| 7 | It made her feel slightly sick now ; the satisfying feeling of warmth and lightness she had experienced after the first few glasses had long since disappeared . |
| 8 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 9 | Although Anker Simmons was one of the original quartet and chaired the first meeting , he does not figure greatly in the Club 's affairs after the first few months . |
| 10 | After the first few months , George was insistent that she give up the market stall . |
| 11 | After the first few months of feeling sick , many pregnant women find they have a raging appetite . |
| 12 | Stretford Bridge could have been little used after the first few months of the BCR 's life , when passengers presumably had to walk between there and Craven Arms — unless horse-drawn transport was provided along the road . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't listen after the first few words , ’ said Cyril , ‘ because it was so stupid . ’ |
| 14 | Depression and loneliness will descend after the first few days of nervous euphoria . |
| 15 | Even if you do n't continue with breastfeeding after the first few days , giving your baby colostrum ( the fluid produced by the breasts immediately after the birth ) has major benefits and is obviously better than not breastfeeding at all . |
| 16 | ‘ And after the first few years , when you get over all that being in love , then it 's : ‘ Oh , this is the person I am living with . ’ |
| 17 | It is after the first few years in employment that the profiles diverge dramatically and again the male/female contrast is vivid . |
| 18 | She , skilled in the ways of therapy , had after the first few sessions begun dissecting his own motives for him and Kevin , like an obedient dog , ended up nodding slowly as she told him clearly , fully , frankly what he meant when he said what he thought about what she or Henry felt , and how what he thought he thought about what they felt , or said they felt , probably was n't what he really felt any more than what they said they felt was really deep down what they really felt . |
| 19 | But after the first few seconds , the rubbing was no longer painful . |