Example sentences of "after [art] couple of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every so often he has ‘ comeback ’ matches … but then after a couple of games he s out again . |
| 2 | After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle . |
| 3 | And you end up writing guitar music which sometimes is okay , but after a couple of records I 'd written enough guitar music for a while . |
| 4 | QPR v Everton After a couple of wins QPR have found a familiar rut and Everton , who arrested their decline with a win at Derby , will be hoping for something similar at Shepherds Bush . |
| 5 | After a couple of moments of deep breathing , the giddiness receded . |
| 6 | After a couple of sentences he went into the present tense , which was a habit he had in speaking of the past , as if it were the plot of some play he was about to do . |
| 7 | After a couple of glasses of champagne and a hamburger , and under the influence of my friends ' euphoria , I cheered up . |
| 8 | After a couple of glasses I think you 'll be ready for round two . ’ |
| 9 | Mind you few customers are likely to care what they 're eating after a couple of glasses of Mulsum : Salute . |
| 10 | Funnily enough , I felt better after a couple of pints at a pub in Maida Vale ; you know , the trendy one among Guardian readers which has the really stupid long name and brews its own beer in the cellar . |
| 11 | After a couple of decades of comparative calm , the names of Armstrong and Elliot began to reappear in familiar practices . |
| 12 | If county shops put fanzines in , then we spectators can decide whether or not to slog them out of the ground after a couple of deliveries . |
| 13 | Then , after a couple of minutes , I entered the house in time to see Lovat and a few Commandos dashing upstairs . |
| 14 | After a couple of minutes Phoebe recovered her breath ; she pushed herself off the wall with her hands and went through the stairwell doorway into the green-painted corridor . |
| 15 | After a couple of minutes she tried again . |
| 16 | After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach . |
| 17 | If on the other hand the board does not fully and cleanly develop after a couple of minutes , then the board has not been exposed to UV light for long enough . |
| 18 | The LSE is one of those rare guitars which you hardly notice after a couple of minutes , because you 're too busy playing the thing . |
| 19 | When I eventually reached the gods I hesitated , afraid to push the door open , but after a couple of minutes I became too frightened to stand there in the dark any longer . |
| 20 | After a couple of minutes an idea occurred to her . |
| 21 | Lucy knew it because whenever she started to talk about Christine , she 'd realise after a couple of minutes that they 'd moved on and were now talking about something else . |
| 22 | After a couple of minutes ' polite talk and the offer of a cup of tea , Mrs Tanner went away to talk to mother . |
| 23 | Or maybe she was happy at the fact that , in a few minutes , after a couple of minutes ' contact with Clara Beeding 's right mitt , she would be skipping around with the best of them . |
| 24 | After a couple of minutes he heard the familiar clanking sound that indicated that Fagg was taking refuge in the contents of his various pockets and had commenced the process of smearing snuff all over himself and the surrounding furniture . |
| 25 | The audience was n't going to let Del Amitri get away and after a couple of minutes to catch their breath back , Justin and company returned to give us some more . |
| 26 | After a couple of minutes I was OK . |
| 27 | Oh yeah I suppose it will be much too early Left home at er today come in , I thought I so I 'd only gone about half a mile down the road filled up my car , paid the money the car would n't start I kept turning nothing was happening and then all of a sudden after a couple of minutes it erm like the way I 've button up my coat ? |
| 28 | Two Commandos had taken their boots off yesterday evening and found after a couple of hours standing to they were unable to get them on again , both feet had swollen badly . |
| 29 | After a couple of hours of observing in these conditions , shapes and objects in front of me appeared to move , if I stared at them for too long . |
| 30 | After a couple of hours , during which some sticks and other items were thrown at the police and insults were shouted , a mounted police line was drawn up behind the police cordon and a row of police vans . |