Example sentences of "[noun prp] a few [noun pl] after " in BNC.
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1 | Attrition , bribery and plain common sense brought about the fall of Kyrenia a few weeks after Nicholas returned there , and although Carlotta , kept in ignorance , might have been devastated by the news , it held no surprises for the people of Cyprus . |
2 | ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops . |
3 | I took Gillian to see Oliver a few weeks after we met . |
4 | Well back in September a few weeks after the quarry men first came out on strike a few of us went up to the picket line , a few of the women . |
5 | Merseyside police have revealed that they probably killed James a few hours after they took him from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle . |