Example sentences of "[vb past] after a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am taking you to Jaén , ’ he announced after a few miles . |
| 2 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 3 | Weighed down by the burden of representing all of black experience in a half-hour sitcom , most perished after a few series . |
| 4 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 5 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 6 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's enough ! ’ he called after a few minutes . |
| 8 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 9 | Allegations of a government-sponsored campaign against the PPP [ see pp. 38152 ; 38338 ] grew after a former adviser to Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif claimed that he had been a member of one of two " election cells " created by Sharif 's Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) which had " rigged the 1990 elections by adding 20,000 bogus votes " in a number of constituencies to ensure the defeat of the PPP [ see pp. 37763-64 ] . |
| 10 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 11 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
| 12 | In 1852 he moved with his mother to Sheffield , where she died after a few months . |
| 13 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
| 14 | ‘ I can see that you 're a trifle overcome , ’ he said after a few moments . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's good , ’ she said after a few moments . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , it 's you , is it , Edgar Linton ? ’ she said after a few moments . |
| 17 | ‘ Mm , that 's better ! ’ she said after a few mouthfuls . |
| 18 | ‘ My wife 's been ill , ’ he said after a few minutes . |
| 19 | ‘ Sweet God , ’ he said after a few seconds , then began buttoning his blue coat . |
| 20 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 21 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 22 | China was even worse : ‘ I was sorely grieved that heathendom had so strong a hold over [ this rich country ] , ’ he wrote after a few weeks in Qanjanfu . |
| 23 | ‘ Both born in the Ukraine , you 'll notice , ’ Manville explained after a few seconds . |