Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] after a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she got out after a painful silence . |
| 2 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval . |
| 4 | If so , it is clear that he gave up after a short while , returned to E ( which needed a fresh set of running titles before printing could resume ) and finished it off regardless . |
| 5 | ‘ So you see , ’ he wound up after an interminable pause in which the flames seemed to swirl between them , ‘ it 's not going to work at all . |