Example sentences of "after [art] few moment [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 2 | Manville asked , after a few moments of silence . |
| 3 | After a few moments of uncomfortable silence , she said stubbornly , ‘ If you denigrate my life 's work , you shall not profit by it unless you apologize to me , Clare . ’ |
| 4 | After a few moments of apparent concentration , she handed the sticks to Lucien . |
| 5 | After a few moments of confused reflection , he realized Tess had left the room . |
| 6 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
| 7 | After a few moments of pandemonium , Shamir thanked the delegates for their show of confidence , declared the convention closed and walked out of the hall , followed by most of his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 8 | After a few moments of thought , a child replies , " We collect it from bees . " |
| 9 | After a few moments of frozen hesitation , she realised that to refuse his offer would only reinforce his current impression that she was a frigid little puritan with hang-ups about physical contact . |