Example sentences of "and then after a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And then after a long pause , he sighed , ‘ But it will never be quite the same . ’ |
| 3 | I went to my room as often as I could , and then after a week I went to the local Employment Exchange . |
| 4 | And then after a brief explanation , ‘ The only reason I write to you is that you warned me this would happen . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's grand ti see thoo , lass , ’ he breathed , and then after a ferocious bout of coughing , allowed his eyes to close again , as though the effort had been too great ! |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | And then after a moment 's hesitation : ‘ I really do n't understand you , Cassie . ’ |
| 9 | They 'd set his hand and cast it , and then after a second set of plates a week later they 'd broken off the cast and operated . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They talked a lot during dinner and then after a couple of brandies , went up to the bedroom . |
| 12 | And then after a couple of weeks he still could n't get on with his computer , so he came back . |
| 13 | The coach then took us into the Wachau Valley for lunch at another 5-star hotel and then after a short walk through the medieval village and Durnstein Castle , we went on to the ‘ UND ’ Monastery at Krems for a wine tasting . |
| 14 | and then after a while the acceleration reduces ? |
| 15 | 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 . |