Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] later [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here Blake left them , identified himself to the surprised border guards and a few days later was flown to Mosow for a triumphant reunion with the KGB . |
| 2 | John Coleridge , ‘ an Israelite without guile ’ , had probably died of a massive stroke , and a few days later was buried on the north side of the altar in the church he had served for twenty-one years . |
| 3 | Who spent 17 months on the sidelines , scored within 10 minutes of his comeback then a few days later was sidelined again ? |
| 4 | Losing most of the All Black team a few days later was even more embarrassing . |
| 5 | The priceless trophy was lodged in the vault of a local bank for safe-keeping , a few years later was handed over to Kelvingrove Museum , Glasgow , and finally was given to The Royal Company of Archers . |
| 6 | The following song was broadcast on the radio and was on sale in the record shops , yet the wearing of miniskirts a few years later was denounced as improper and an example of western sexual decadence and permissiveness ! |
| 7 | In 1951 , for example , the Boards had been asked by the Minister to cut their spending on rural electrification , and most did so ; the South Western Board , by contrast , pressed on and a few years later were praised by the same Minister for pursuing this uneconomic development . |
| 8 | Cottle was interested and a few weeks later was invited to London where he was offered a job in the Foreign office , doing something , somewhere . |
| 9 | In light of such assertions , claims by the USSR and the new DRA regime that Afghanistan remained non-aligned after the Karmal regime was installed by force of Soviet arms a few months later are disingenuous . |
| 10 | Such was the set up of the Drama Department in the Sixties that a staff Production Assistant could find himself being allowed a turn in the Director 's chair for one show , giving directions to a fellow PA colleague , and then , a few months later be taking directions from perhaps that same PA , whose turn it had now become to be elevated to the directing heights . |