Example sentences of "after a few [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few more games we stopped for lunch and went over the morning 's action . |
| 2 | After a few more minutes she became restless , and stood up again , her eyes searching the slope of the hillside and the valley below , trying to determine whether some small movement down there was a man on horseback or merely a trick of her imagination . |
| 3 | But after a few more minutes lie again became puzzled and tapped once more . |
| 4 | After a few more minutes he mumbled , ‘ You frightened ? ’ |
| 5 | After a few more days of subtle hints — ‘ If you 're a smoker , with young children , over a certain age , in a high-stress job , it 's lethal not to have a medical ’ — ‘ Oh all right ! |
| 6 | The road continues on a switchback course , reaching more open ground with wider views and , after a few more miles that seem to be leading nowhere , arrives at the top of a hill where the cottages of Arnisdale are suddenly revealed around a bay ahead . |