Example sentences of "after [adv] [num] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After only six months the investor would be entitled to receive a bank loan of perhaps 72p per share , normally secured on the shares . |
| 2 | There were two jangling mistakes from Horner giving away early penalty points to Soutter , and after only 11 minutes the former champion had pocketed the first game with a good backhand drop from a short ball . |
| 3 | Put another way , this means that after only 200 milliseconds the target word cohort would have contained an average of 29 words if the word was being identified independently of any context . |
| 4 | After only 18 days the female spat out the fry ; there were an awful lot of them ( over 60 as it turned out ) , and they were very small — they had to be — for that many to fit into the buccal cavity of such a small fish . |
| 5 | After only 40 doublings the number of cells is more than a trillion . |
| 6 | For there was no doubt about one thing — after only twenty-four hours the pain was ending . |
| 7 | But after nearly six weeks the look-out spotted a branch covered in berries — a sign that land was near . |
| 8 | The garage charges six pounds a day for storage … and after nearly two months the total bill is four hundred and eighty nine pounds . |
| 9 | After nearly five minutes the call connected through . |
| 10 | After about two minutes the ladies resumed talking , but this time in English . |
| 11 | After about fifteen seconds the stern appeared . |
| 12 | The ‘ A ’ or No. 1 solution is then applied liberally and after about 10 minutes the second solution is applied . |
| 13 | I had five shots of local anaesthetic , and after about 10 minutes the surgeon pulled out this wriggling black larva and everyone burst into applause , but the photographer said , ‘ Oh , I missed that , can you put it back in so I can take a shot ? ’ |
| 14 | After about 12 months the host mistletoe is usually either dead or severely weakened . |
| 15 | After about ten minutes the Doctor turned to Blake and said , ‘ Where do you think we go now ? ’ |
| 16 | In a few seconds the fuse caught , and after about ten seconds the mass of flame blew up and out , throwing something black and smoking twenty metres or more into the late-afternoon air and scattering pieces all over the Grounds . |
| 17 | After about 40 minutes the process is complete and you will be able to see some things in great detail even in the blackest night . |
| 18 | After around seven hours the man came to the door and after negotiating with police gave himself up . |
| 19 | Indian tours have never been simple affairs and after barely 24 hours the current one is shaping up like its predecessors . |