Example sentences of "then [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was terrified that if I criticized him he would take offence and leave me , if not permanently , then for a few days , without giving me a sign of life , and so leaving me in anguish . |
| 2 | Then for a few days she was quiet . |
| 3 | And er it was salted and then For a few days , and then it was put in what we called brine , s more salt , and covered and it would be there for six weeks . |
| 4 | Then for a few seconds he said nothing . |
| 5 | Sitting near the window , with its view of the fire escape , smoking a joint he 'd bought in an amusement arcade , he wrote in a notebook about visiting Spanish towns , and the beaches , then about the few days in London because his imagination ran out on Spain with the end of the brochure about flamenco dancing and bullfights , and because what he was doing was more immediate . |
| 6 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 7 | Golf Charlie Charlie , engine failure ’ , then after a few seconds ‘ Mayday ! |
| 8 | Gina started scanning the documents , then after a few seconds she gasped , |
| 9 | Finishing only , and er then after a few years the manufacturing side of the industry adopted the cost of living different from ours but they adopted a cost of living bonus in in a degree rather different from our . |
| 10 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 11 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 12 | Then after a few miles the engine stopped again . |
| 13 | Microtus makes her nest underground in a burrow , so she can safely bring her young into the world when they are still at an early stage of their development , and then within a few hours , start on the business of producing the next litter . |
| 14 | Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long . |
| 15 | And then in a few minutes Dennis is going to join with me in explaining to you how we are going to make the quality planning procedure work for you . |
| 16 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
| 17 | You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Then in a few months you could have a thriving business here , Mr Robinson . |