Example sentences of "after a few [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes work on both reins Skipper was going forward , with his brain between his ears . |
| 2 | After a few minutes Woodruffe said : ‘ You 've got your foot on the brake , Dudley . ’ |
| 3 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 4 | After a few minutes Rose handed the paper back to him . |
| 5 | After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table . |
| 6 | The resultant online , interactive database is designed to be so easy to use that after a few minutes practice even novices can make very sophisticated searches and will have nearly instantaneous access to a vast storehouse of information hitherto accessible only after tedious , time-consuming and costly searches through individual issues . |
| 7 | After a few minutes Dieter 's car overtook them ; when they arrived at the auberge , it was parked in the shadows a short distance away with two dim shapes close together in the front seats . |
| 8 | After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron . |
| 9 | After a few days Anne decided to go back to school . |
| 10 | But after a few days Mcduff lost interest . |
| 11 | In June 1176 Richard laid siege to Limoges ; after a few days resistance Aimar 's citadel capitulated . |
| 12 | But after a few days Clare began to worry . |
| 13 | After a few seconds Sandison said : ‘ Tell me about the Scots . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Please , Dana , do as I ask ; it 's important , ’ Claudia pleaded , and something in her manner must have got across , for after a few seconds Dana allowed herself to be led towards the café . |
| 15 | erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily |
| 16 | They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard . |
| 17 | After a few weeks newspapers lifted their ban on match reports , and while the war was waged on the front page , the struggle for League points gathered pace on the back . |