Example sentences of "after a [adj] time the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a certain time the very sight of the food allowed becomes off-putting and even repellent . |
| 2 | After a long time the boy crossed the road and said to Oliver , |
| 3 | After a long time the computer said slowly , ‘ Computer is old . ’ |
| 4 | After a long time the man came in and said , ‘ Mr Evans , please . ’ |
| 5 | After a long time the tears stopped . |
| 6 | After a short time the Duke of Grafton sold them the Rope Walk , a building where the old village craft had been carried out and where Ted Smith 's coach garage is now , and so they moved . |
| 7 | However , I did find that after a short time the material began to pill quite badly around the cuffs and down the front . |