Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a bit I got up and — I went back . |
| 2 | He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside . |
| 3 | But after a bit I started thinking . |
| 4 | After a bit I stood and stared . |
| 5 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 6 | So when I bought a dog I decided to name him after a man I admired so much . ’ |
| 7 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
| 8 | She never revealed her own secrets to me but then after a while I made no more enquiries — I did n't want to do anything to lose her . ’ |
| 9 | After a while I calmed down enough to rest myself . |
| 10 | After a while I thought I would help them along with some cellulite massage cream . |
| 11 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 12 | After a while I thought , ‘ Hold on a minute , this is n't right . |
| 13 | After a while I thought I 'd go into the orchard and practise some chip shots so I went to get my nine iron . |
| 14 | After a while I saw Nour standing on the low wall gleaming naked in the dark light , looking defenceless and young . |
| 15 | And then I sat and watched everyone very closely , and after a while I saw Finn chewing and chewing , and then he swallowed it . ’ |
| 16 | I looked sadly at the sea , but stayed in my box , and after a while I fell asleep . |
| 17 | But downstairs I rang the bell next to the black steel gates and after a while I heard someone coming to the front door . |
| 18 | After a while I married , and had three children , two sons and a daughter . |
| 19 | At first I was scared , but after a while I got used to it . |
| 20 | But a good spy is supposed to take risks , so after a while I tiptoed along the passage to Claire 's door and peeped in . |
| 21 | Neither of us wanted to rush things but after a while I told myself , do n't be stupid , she 's special — go for it . ’ |
| 22 | Chemically-induced terror can be dispersed , I 've found , by concentrating on horrors in the real world , so I thought of That 's Life and VAT and Mrs Thatcher , and after a while I began to feel better . |
| 23 | After a while I began to feel a little like Dorothy myself . |
| 24 | At first this left me speechless , but after a while I began to ask ‘ Why ? ’ |
| 25 | I was terrifically embarrassed , but Karen did not once so much as glance in my direction , and after a while I began to suspect that she had made a mistake too . |
| 26 | After a while I began , for the first time in months , to sing . |
| 27 | My father was never to speak or write to me again , but after a while I began to hear from my mother . |
| 28 | At first my eyes and ears did not work very well , but after a while I began to see and hear clearly . |
| 29 | After a while I began to understand some of the noises that the people made to each other . |
| 30 | But after a while I began to think there was more to it than that , and I did n't know how to handle it . |