Example sentences of "and after [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He emptied his flagon and after a minute 's hesitation she took it over to the table to refill it . |
| 32 | She went away , and after a minute or two he got up from his bed and went to the window . |
| 33 | He never said anything else and after a minute Maggie got her breath back and asked , |
| 34 | Jill withdrew and after a sip or two of tea I began . |
| 35 | Then , after chewing and swallowing the fragrant morsel , and after a sip of the strong green Longjing ch'a — itself ‘ untasted ’ — he had looked up at Beth Shepherd and smiled broadly , complimenting her on the dish . |
| 36 | It was an evening of celebration for me , and after a pint and a half of draught Becks , I would have welcomed the security of a rope . |
| 37 | Lawrence bowling the last ball of this over and it 's a bouncer and gets underneath it , he 's six , DaSilva is eighteen , it 's a hundred and eighteen for three and after a word for big it will be Brian Johnston . |
| 38 | But towards dawn the fever broke , and after a breakfast of tea and warm bread I felt better . |
| 39 | The road out of Ingleton spirals to gain height and after a mile straightens course and passes Skirwith Farm . |
| 40 | and after a mile we stopped to lower the seat . |
| 41 | She took his arm , tugged him towards her , and after a second his gaunt gaze turned on her and he smiled weakly , and kissed her brow . |
| 42 | He gazed at her and after a second burst out laughing . |
| 43 | She stood up and walked to the door , not trusting herself to look back , and after a second she heard him come to his feet . |
| 44 | ‘ I wo n't be accused of leading you astray again , ’ she warned softly , and after a second he chuckled and relaxed back against the settee . |
| 45 | She held out her hand , and after a second he took it . |
| 46 | The government brought dragoons from Edinburgh to restore law and order , and after a skirmish at Duchrae 200 rebels were taken prisoner . |
| 47 | He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside . |
| 48 | Buy him a cup of coffee or a beer , and after a bit you say , ‘ Do you love your wife ? ’ |
| 49 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 50 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 51 | She lies there on her side , facing me , watching me , still panting , hands still trapped behind her back , a strange , charged expression on her face , and after a bit she says , ‘ Is that it ? ’ |
| 52 | And after a bit of exploring and prodding man and wo-man got it right . |
| 53 | I found Malpass 's pistol and torch behind the table and after a bit of contortion I managed to stuff them into my jacket pockets . |
| 54 | I even thought of going off to Australia , but I re-sat my exams , went back to college and after a bit of nightclubbing eventually got into the gym just to get fit again . |
| 55 | The A.87 enters Glen Shiel at Shiel Bridge and after a level two miles in which the scenery is dominated by the highest of the Five Sisters , Sgurr Fhuaran seen in full stature , starts the gradual ascent to Cluanie , bypassing the old Bridge of the Spaniards , so called because of a battle here in 1719 between Redcoats and Jacobites , the latter being reinforced by Spanish troops . |
| 56 | Robert Brown , the great botanist who had studied the distribution of Australian plants on and after a voyage with Matthew Flinders , was the leading light there , with George Children as Keeper of Zoology ; but the Museum never fulfilled the role of the Parisian natural history museum , with its lectures and research school . |
| 57 | I think that 's rather cute , coming from someone who led , before , during and after a race weekend , the kind of life that would exhaust most even if they did not , additionally , have to engage in one of the most physically demanding sports in the world . |
| 58 | I can be a normal , family man before and after a race , I can spend time talking to fans or whatever . |
| 59 | He stood back and glimpsed a face at an upstair window so he knocked again and after a delay he heard someone coming down the stairs . |
| 60 | From Cronin 's catch , Scotland chugged and after a delay , while referee Joel Dume peeled off bodies , Turnbull was rightly awarded the try . |