Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we did n't arrive until nearly midnight , it was still an early call next morning for breakfast , after which came the tricky task of packing our saddle-bags . |
| 2 | Next to the Clements were the Slark family , then the Burtons , after which came the entrance to Garden Cottages . |
| 3 | Accreditation is planned for May 1993 after which approved organisations will begin the delivery of MCI . |
| 4 | ‘ But after what went on in the first leg , I hope we get a referee who will be strong enough to stamp out any foul play . |
| 5 | Now , after what had happened with Mr Bishop , she had become even more convinced of this . |
| 6 | She had believed him even now , even after what had happened and was happening , when he had said that his love for her remained as it had ever been , something eternal . |
| 7 | He asked to switch her mind to something else , and because it was essential to leave the autobahn after what had just happened . |
| 8 | After what had happened the previous evening exquisite delicacy had seemed uncalled for . |
| 9 | ‘ After what had happened I could n't face trying to contact you . |
| 10 | That he might die , he did not much care , not , as he lay , and without protest , after what had already happened . |
| 11 | Her father , after what had happened in front of the telly that evening , was first on her list . |
| 12 | Contemporaries remember him coming scowling to school after what had clearly been rows with his patron . |
| 13 | No reason for either of them to write or telephone , not after what had been said . |
| 14 | After what had passed I thought there was a line drawn between us . |
| 15 | Our shooting permits , after what had been eleven months of filming , were due to expire that evening and , though shot at the very end , the sequence on Anak Krakatoa was intended to introduce the very beginning of our whole ten years of adventure films . |
| 16 | Obviously I could not relax and take stock in the turret after what had happened , so I worked my way back to the Bible Room , closed the door quietly and lay down in the bunk . |
| 17 | She tried to think more rationally , to dismiss the darker possibilities from her mind , but after what had happened here in the past week or so she found the worrying thoughts came more easily . |
| 18 | And then it would n't occur to her that after what had happened , he would have the nerve to go under his own steam . |
| 19 | Above all , how could he have the nerve to come here after what had happened the other night ? |
| 20 | After what had happened last time , he 'd need to earn her trust before he could assume it . |
| 21 | She could n't simply go on as before , not after what had happened in the hotel 's restaurant . |
| 22 | ‘ You mean that even after what had happened to you , you never questioned your faith ? ’ |
| 23 | As the plan now called for Jafaar and Hamadan to meet Younis in Cyprus before consummating their phony drug deal aboard Saunk Kilo , and as close electronic monitoring of their conversations would be essential to avoid last-minute surprises , Hurley was determined not to risk a breakdown in surveillance , after what had happened with the boat . |
| 24 | I was afraid to go into the house after what had happened in the village , so I hid in the hut . |
| 25 | After what had happened , quite a different destination seemed appropriate . |
| 26 | What did remain in that paper , that year , was a hankering after what had survived from 1967 , exemplified in the prose of John Peel . |
| 27 | There had been genuine fear on some of those people 's faces when she had mentioned Martin 's name , a fear she could appreciate after what had happened to her last night , but it had n't shaken her determination to get to the bottom of the story . |
| 28 | Still , she did n't think she could ever be comfortable with him , not after what had happened between them . |
| 29 | All she had been urged to do was relax and recover her health and spirits after what had been a very traumatic experience . |
| 30 | Our chances of ending the war quickly would certainly be greatly increased if the battle were won ; but if we failed to win it , even after what had already been achieved , our victory would merely be postponed and not rendered impossible , especially if we resolved in good time not to persist with our useless efforts at Verdun , but to take the initiative of attack elsewhere . |