Example sentences of "a [noun sg] or so after " in BNC.
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| 1 | When addresses are required , these are needed only in case the clinic discovers an important infection a day or so after the patient has left and needs to get in touch in a hurry . |
| 2 | For a week or so after we moved to Cornwall , I was free to have a great time exploring my new habitat . |
| 3 | By the end of February , a week or so after the battle opened , the German advance had been stemmed . |
| 4 | ‘ A week or so after I got back it was still there so I went to a doctor and said I might have picked up a parasite . |
| 5 | Salaquin Mandru sent word that he wanted to see his new Ixmaritian vibrancer a week or so after Lucien had recovered from his fever . |
| 6 | A fortnight or so after I had dictated it in October 1971 , I had a telephone call from Harold Wilson to know whether I had read Wigg 's memoirs , and was I aware of the very personal attacks on him and Marcia Williams ? |
| 7 | One day , a year or so after I had landed at Heathrow , I was playing football in the playground , chasing the ball over the yard in the way of primary school kids , when a teacher , Mr Wright came up to me . |
| 8 | He first noticed a young boy early one summer , about a year or so after he had taken over Entwhistle Halt . |
| 9 | A year or so after Prince Harry 's birth , there occurred a rather uncomfortable interview with both Waleses in discussion with Sir Alastair Burnet ( in November 1985 ) , in which it appeared that their roles had been totally reversed : the Princess had become articulate , while the Prince appeared almost monosyllabic . |
| 10 | But erm as far as financial incentive goes , erm it was about a year or so after erm I started there I think when er they introduced it , the erm war bonus , which was a supplement to normal salaries |
| 11 | Carl 's Choice galloped to his seventh win of the season in the Open at Saturday 's East Essex meeting an hour or so after Rubie 's Choice had chalked up his fifth in the Confined . |
| 12 | Leave the lights off for an hour or so after you have added the fish to the tank , to give them a chance to settle . |
| 13 | He appeared at her bedside late that night , an hour or so after she had retired . |
| 14 | Radio and TV can react even more quickly than daily newspapers , with an item going on air only an hour or so after it has been received . |