Example sentences of "but after [art] few " in BNC.

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1 The first few times , the pup gets his food for free to demonstrate to him that people are nice , but after a few treats he has to sit for his stranger and for his supper .
2 She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home .
3 She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy .
4 The meeting broke up with mixed feelings , but after a few days it became clear that we were in business .
5 At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little .
6 These lovely plants may take time to form large flowering clumps but after a few years are a sight to behold and are worth every bit of effort you expend .
7 It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way .
8 But after a few days of insipid campaigning there was grumbling back at base about the way the campaign was going .
9 But after a few days he saw the sparks of it begin to reappear and within a week Mould was chattering away as usual and ran about the school thinking of a new plan .
10 But after a few days Mcduff lost interest .
11 But after a few days , with no sign of the weather clearing , he began to feel like a prisoner .
12 A small drapers , ‘ Palmers ’ , was next door but after a few years this became a Baby Wear shop .
13 ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea .
14 It is clear that the bunched replacement of fixed capital requires a considerable growth in the rate of the production of fixed assets , but after a few years the need for such replacement will decline rapidly .
15 Had the French attempted to move inland he would , it seems likely , have fought a defensive battle on ground of his own choosing , but after a few days , with not a shot fired on either side , the French re-embarked and de Tourville sailed home with his fleet intact .
16 But after a few hours it became hard to disguise .
17 But after a few notes she stopped and turned round on her stool to face me .
18 Margo went from strength to strength , with bigger and better parts , but after a few years turned to acting and much later married an Australian singer/actor , Rod McLennon , and went to live in Melbourne .
19 But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ .
20 But after a few weeks my girlfriend 's dad got a phone call from the old couple we 'd painted the house for , they wanted to get in the coal shed and could n't because I 'd painted over the lock .
21 Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom .
22 Nicky Ryan can be a defensive man in the wrong company , but after a few minutes in my presence he seems to know I have ‘ felt ’ Enya 's music , and he relaxes considerably .
23 But after a few years of this , you ca n't really see any attraction in it , except the security , of course .
24 The system begins with its protozoa jiggling about at random , but after a few generations , they evolve into a race of protozoa which tend to move in straight lines .
25 But after a few weeks , she said , ‘ You need to find a college , Carol .
26 But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients .
27 At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) .
28 Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins .
29 But after a few months , I felt completely bored with the whole idea .
30 Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again .
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