Example sentences of "after a few [noun pl] a " in BNC.
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1 | After a few hours a rustling noise nearly shocked me off my boulder . |
2 | After a few moments a truce was arranged . |
3 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
4 | After a few moments a voice said , ‘ Hello , is there anybody there ? ’ |
5 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
6 | After a few minutes a woman in a grey fur coat began to cross the street from my building . |
7 | After a few minutes a young woman came out of the street door below them and walked away . |
8 | After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building . |
9 | ‘ After a few minutes an embarrassed train driver told us the man who should have unlocked the gate had not turned up . ’ |
10 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
11 | After a few years a department may be left with serious gaps in its library and a load of superannuated computing equipment . |
12 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
13 | After a few days a population of adherent migratory cells is found surrounding the initial explant , which by various criteria , including contribution to melanocytes in vivo ( 13 ) , appear to be a relatively pure population of neural crest cells . |
14 | After a few seconds a second fin appeared . |