Example sentences of "after [pron] [noun sg] [vb past] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The edition of the Selected Essays , which I had picked up in Cairo during the war after my copy had been pinched by someone in the Foreign Service ( whose identity is known to me ) , had a pleasant silk binding , but the paper was of the colour and of the dryness of a tobacco plant . |
| 2 | Whitlock asked after their order had been taken . |
| 3 | After their statement had been released to the press , the unarmed hijackers surrendered to Indian authorities in Calcutta where they were detained for trial . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I 'm certainly not him , ’ Fosdyke went on , garrulous after her mistake had been discovered . |
| 5 | She was found dead hours after walking out of the unit in a suicidal state after her family had been told it was secure . |
| 6 | Simone had written to her shortly after her engagement had been announced to congratulate her , not omitting to mention that André had been shattered . |
| 7 | Mrs Doughty-Wylie had constituted herself his godmother after her husband had been killed in Gallipoli and she induced him to change his name and join this regiment . |
| 8 | Desperate Jatinder Puri said she had been left with no alternative after her husband had been refused an entry visa three times . |
| 9 | Even after her father had been taken to court for the abuses his family suffered , he quickly began to turn his attention to the girls , including Penny — by then married and seven months pregnant . |
| 10 | It was not until a few weeks after her father had been installed that Dorothy began to realize the fortitude with which her mother had cared for him over the years . |
| 11 | So , when an orphaned leopard cub was found after her mother had been killed for her skin , the infant was brought to him in the hope that he could rear it . |
| 12 | The daughter 's second interview unfortunately did not take place until shortly after her mother had been admitted to long-stay care but it illustrates well the mixture of feelings which can be expressed . |
| 13 | The ministry revealed that in experiments one pig had developed spongiform encephalopathy after its brain had been injected with BSE-infected tissue from a cow brain . |
| 14 | Only after his spirit had been broken did the brutality ease up . |
| 15 | Mr Neilsen set out on his campaign last year , after his wife had been approached by a curbcrawler . |
| 16 | Six months after his leg had been broken , he still walked with a perceptible limp , and this morning he looked harassed . |
| 17 | He was duly commissioned , despite his total lack of training or aptitude , on 12 June 1759 and , after his unit had been called out in 1760 , served in various parts of the country , though he soon regretted his patriotic impulse and did not enjoy what he called ‘ my bloodless and inglorious campaigns ’ . |
| 18 | A FAITHFUL dog who pined after his master died was put to sleep by a vet yesterday . |
| 19 | He 'd originally joined the service after his mother had been attacked and beaten almost to death in 1950 . |
| 20 | SOUTHAMPTON manager Ian Branfoot paid tribute to United after his team had been thrashed and said : ‘ Put your money on them to win the title again . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It is an absolute red herring and they are just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill ’ — NEIL GRAY ( All Black manager in Australia ) after his team had been accused of excessively tough tactics in beating New South Wales ( 41–9 ) . |
| 22 | The question of married couples came up and one relative expressed shock that his elderly father was being chased for ‘ maintenance ’ — a financial contribution towards the costs six months after his spouse had been admitted to a nursing home . |
| 23 | ‘ After his pneumonia had been diagnosed by the Senior Surgical Officer the diagnosis was confirmed at Mr Leland 's request by the Senior Medical Officer , ’ Sister added , then broke off to explain to the night junior , a second-year , that this was routine hospital etiquette when a surgical patient produced a medical complaint , or vice versa . |
| 24 | It was only after his appointment had been confirmed that Sutton demanded a nine-month notice period , which was in such stark contravention of the paper 's equality principles that Christine Jackson took his contract to the Board . |
| 25 | He had been picked out at an identification parade only after his photograph had been shown to the prosecution witnesses — three criminals who got shorter sentences for helping the police . |
| 26 | Private Roger Morrison 's body was washed up on a Morroccan beach 10 days ago after his speedboat had been fired on by local police . |
| 27 | Franco Boretti , a proud pet-owner from Sicily , was taken to court and given two fines amounting to the equivalent of 67p each after his dog had been found guilty of committing ‘ an obscene act in a public place ’ . |
| 28 | Following a distinguished career with the KGB , including sixteen years as a military attache in a succession of western countries , he was appointed as Deputy Director of UNACO after his predecessor had been sent back to Russia in disgrace for spying . |
| 29 | Her heart cramped now as she thought of her husband 's folly in plumping for the easy money , as it had seemed , after three bad harvests — his airy promise to come home soon — his failure to return after his regiment had been disbanded in Madras and left to make its own way back round half the world . |
| 30 | His mother had married Herbie Mason just three years after his father had been killed . |