Example sentences of "then after [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then after a year in Israel doing research on migrating birds of prey — ‘ I 've got a great story about that , mate . |
| 2 | That 's why er people who come to our company and then after a year or so think they can go away and do this on their own , ca n't do it . |
| 3 | Slowly , trying to ration the pain into manageable portions , I slid my hand out again , and then after a while , hardly believing it , I bent my arm and felt round my back and came to the rod there also , and faced the grim certainty that someone had shot me not with a bullet but an arrow . |
| 4 | She never revealed her own secrets to me but then after a while I made no more enquiries — I did n't want to do anything to lose her . ’ |
| 5 | Rising from the saddle , cycling en danseuse as the French call it and in the less elegant English term ‘ honking ’ , the coureurs change their position , holding the brake levers in this sort of effort , then after a while return to the saddle . |
| 6 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 7 | Ted 's initial fear was that they 'd done something stupid and run away together , but then after a while he 'd begun to hope for this and nothing worse . |
| 8 | And they espouse causes and strike attitudes , and then after a while when they get old they think what-the-hell , and they start doing what they like and nothing matters at all . |
| 9 | But she is n't , and surely if I tell her , then after a while she will see that it is all right and forgive me . |
| 10 | ‘ Then after a while it becomes a habit , like those teachers who speak to everyone as though they 're five years old . ’ |
| 11 | and then after a while the acceleration reduces ? |
| 12 | Then after a while she got an inner strength and asked me what Heaven was like . |
| 13 | It 's alright when I first got in then after a while my legs all started going wobbly . |
| 14 | But then after a while they 'll think |
| 15 | They talked a lot during dinner and then after a couple of brandies , went up to the bedroom . |
| 16 | And then after a couple of weeks he still could n't get on with his computer , so he came back . |
| 17 | Every so often he has ‘ comeback ’ matches … but then after a couple of games he s out again . |
| 18 | Then after a couple of weeks , we 'll see where the opposition are and go for it . |
| 19 | The phone rang for about thirty seconds , then after a click , a voice gave the number and said , ‘ This is Marius Steen speaking on one of these recorded answering contraptions . |
| 20 | He was unusually distrait as he buttered a slice of toast and cut into one of the rashers on his plate , then after a minute 's thoughtful chewing he brought down his hand on the table with a suddenness that made me jump . |
| 21 | He dumped it down behind the boat-house and went back towards the house , then after a bit he came down again with a picture , and dumped that , then he took the bag and made off up the path with it . ’ |
| 22 | And , then after a pause , in which she saw Rachel 's joy cancelled out by fear , ‘ Is that in America ? ’ |
| 23 | Then after a pause she started again . |
| 24 | Then after a pause he took a letter at random from the middle of the stack ; he stared at it with an unfocused , an uncommitted eye . |
| 25 | If a tie results , then after a break of up to a minute an extension of two or three minutes is fought . |
| 26 | The hand resisted , then after a moment gave way . |
| 27 | Then after a moment his gaze cleared and a puzzled look entered his eyes . |
| 28 | It rang twice ; then after a moment , three times ; then twice again . |
| 29 | And then after a moment 's hesitation : ‘ I really do n't understand you , Cassie . ’ |
| 30 | Then after a lecture from them on my stupidity , each man stepped forward and shook my hand . |