Example sentences of "[prep] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So had Sam , after several pints of beer , but a month or two later , sober , he had chickened out . |
| 2 | Even so , after several pints of the local brew , the big Swede had leaned over the bar , grabbed Renee 's skinny little shoulders , and planted a big cidery kiss smack on her lips . |
| 3 | After several pints he suddenly startled the whole pub by saying in a loud , benevolent voice , ‘ And a Little Child shall lead Them . ’ |
| 4 | After several complaints from neighbours , they were reasonably subdued affairs . |
| 5 | After several cycles , the mediocre blade will be replaced by a better one . |
| 6 | He seemed bewildered , shuffled about his room yawning and stretching , and only after several minutes of this focused on Wilson at all . |
| 7 | You will find after several minutes of doing this that your eye quickly focuses on the red pieces , seeming automatically to ignore all the other colours . |
| 8 | Any other small mammal of this size would quickly be squashed to death , but when he steps off it after several minutes , the hero shrew reveals that it is still very much alive by trying to escape . |
| 9 | After several minutes when there was still no noise of pursuit Hugh slackened pace . |
| 10 | After several minutes it calmed down . |
| 11 | After several minutes he rose and walked to the shelf where he kept some personal books , among them the family bible , bearing the signature of his father and his grandfather and his great-grandfather . |
| 12 | The mother was prompted when to let go and once Mary made a two-second break in her crying after several minutes of screaming she was told she could get up . |
| 13 | ‘ Bugger Johnny ! ’ she said , after several minutes of irresolution . |
| 14 | ‘ I need to look at her back , ’ he said after several minutes of carefully examining the girl 's body . |
| 15 | After several minutes had passed without her finding a familiar landmark , Luce realised she must have gone wrong somewhere and tried to double back . |
| 16 | After several minutes the men found some cash and left . |
| 17 | After several minutes incubation one or two pulses of 1.5 kv at 25 µF were delivered to the cuvette , using a BioRad gene pulser , resulting in 50-70% cell mortality . |
| 18 | Even when , after several hours , the majority of emigrants had set off , a group of young men wearing track suits remained in darkness at the back of the embassy , helping the most recent arrivals over the railings . |
| 19 | ( It is known that performance deteriorates after several hours of work. ) 3 . |
| 20 | After several hours Matron managed to calm him down but he left her in a terrible mood . |
| 21 | But after several hours ' hard canoeing , when the Hokule'a was due west of the island of Lanai , in the channel known as Kealaikahiki , or ‘ The Path to Tahiti ’ , a vicious swell blew up . |
| 22 | The Oldham directors resolutely refused to release their local man , and after several hours of talks Chapman asked : ‘ All right , then , what about this other chap Taylor ? ’ |
| 23 | The engine ran smooth and strong after several hours of running it on the ground . |
| 24 | Your Editor , however , has managed to produce a rough translation after several hours with a magnifying glass and a copy of Secret codes for boys , by Major ‘ Kipper ’ Piranha of the Argentinian Secret Service . |
| 25 | After several hours of futile combat , in which the Norman minstrel Taillefer perished in a glorious suicide ride and the knights were unable to smash the fyrd 's defensive rings , the battle turned , the Saxon ranks broke line under their own enthusiasm rather than the Norman ruse always reported , and Harold was eventually mortally wounded by the repeated rain of arrows which , lacking sufficient archers , the English were unable to return . |
| 26 | After several hours of interment and long and complicated ritual preparations , a series of oracular tests was performed to discover whether it was time to open up the ritual grave and recover the cured patient . |
| 27 | Now , after several hours of teasing pursuit , he had lost it in these hell-lit tunnels . |
| 28 | After several hours at the Fair I feel as if I have overdosed on new technology , professional seminars , leaflets and free samples . |
| 29 | After several hours the crowd had swelled to around 40,000 people . |
| 30 | The most important modification of the draft , agreed after several hours of reportedly heated debate , was the omission of a clause whereby the declaration would take immediate effect . |