after a while
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"After a while I became more and more critical, openly and just among friends. I can tell you that the Fidesz we see today is very very different from the one I joined in 2002."
From BBC
After a while, he closed the window and showed me how to secure the latch tight.
From Literature
“Maybe,” Uncle Max said after a while.
From Literature
Years ago, Clare had attempted to tie the branch back, but no matter how many times he’d tried, it kept breaking free, and after a while, it had become a familiar sound, a metronome that soothed him to sleep most nights.
From Literature
After a while he disappeared through a crack in the floor.
From Literature
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