Example sentences of "after a [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never said anything else and after a minute Maggie got her breath back and asked , |
| 2 | After a while Lydia grew bored with hearing people insulting the weather . |
| 3 | After a while Lydia understood . |
| 4 | Mairi was furious when after a while Luch started to take long to return with the bucket , but it did her no good ; the wee lass often vanished for hours at a time , in spite of the scoldings she got when she returned late . |
| 5 | After a while Mrs Goreng led the American woman out , leaving us males by ourselves . |
| 6 | After a while Mrs Goreng seemed to drop it . |
| 7 | It began to rain heavily , and after a while Oliver opened his eyes . |
| 8 | After a while Father Poole began to unbutton his overcoat . |
| 9 | After a while Father Poole straightened up with a groan and lay back in the chair . |
| 10 | Isobel vanished round the house and after a while Anna heard the engine of her little car start up and putter away down the drive . |
| 11 | After a while Dorian Gray looked up . |
| 12 | After a while Memet followed to tell her how much he loved her , but she would n't listen . |
| 13 | After a while Ollie jumped down and sat a few feet away . |
| 14 | After a while Wyn asked , ‘ How long did the child live ? ’ |
| 15 | After a while Gurder said , ‘ I feel a bit better now . ’ |
| 16 | After a while Alexandra turned round and walked with bare feet , her chin high , across the studio and mounted the dais . |
| 17 | After a while Lambert stopped looking . |
| 18 | The pace was fast , but after a while Arghatun reined in until he was riding at Rostov 's side . |
| 19 | That was what they seemed to have in common , that and Rufus 's brother and Adam knowing each other already , but after a while Adam got to see things he admired in Rufus , his toughness , the way he 'd got himself organized and in hand , the way he knew where he was going and yet still could be amusing and casual . |
| 20 | After a while Aunt Louise retired and our visitor tidied his papers together and looked across at me . |
| 21 | After a while Marcus came to his window and it seemed he stared straight into my eyes . |
| 22 | After a while Tuppe asked , ‘ How is the daddy ? ’ |
| 23 | After a while Owen could stand it no longer and went along . |
| 24 | After a while Owen said : ‘ There 's something you could do to help . ’ |
| 25 | After a while Bathsheba said goodnight to her farm workers , and closed the sitting-room door and windows . |
| 26 | They all watched and smiled , and after a while Tom broke the silence with an impatience which told happy Belinda that he simply could n't wait to break the other important news of the evening . |
| 27 | After a while Jack bent over and listened , although she said , ‘ It does n't mean anything , love . |
| 28 | After a while Bambi and Nell returned alone , and Bambi with an unexcited word of gratitude to Nell walked a few paces forward and stopped beside her son , who had done nothing to comfort or help his sister and was now sitting alone . |
| 29 | After a while Bridget asked if she 'd like to see over the house , and Kevin 's room , which he 'd shared with Shamus , of course . |
| 30 | After a while Theodora said , ‘ My own contribution here will be more circumstantial . |