Example sentences of "[adv] after [being] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A POLICEMAN who walked into a hen party in a pub had to fight to keep his clothes on after being mistaken for a stripper . |
| 2 | They were brought in after being taken from a village near Mostar They were originally to have been helicoptered out but that became too dangerous for the volunteer pilots . |
| 3 | Only after being punctured by a giant hypodermic needle , dunked in a cold swimming pool and having every part of their bodies weighed and measured will they be allowed to enjoy a celebratory drink . |
| 4 | AT CONSERVATIVE Central Office , the Prime Minister expressed his confidence in winning a clear overall majority , though only after being drawn into a discussion on how a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition leading to proportional representation and devolution for Scotland would irrevocably change the face of Britain . |
| 5 | I decided I do n't like eating dead bodies — not after being caught in a trap . |
| 6 | Twin sisters , Emma and Becky Harper , died shortly after being filmed at a family party in Cheltenham . |
| 7 | Webb concerns the dismissal of a woman who discovered that she was pregnant shortly after being hired as a maternity leave replacement . |
| 8 | It is always interesting to notice how a fit hunter will puff and sweat quite soon after being worked in a manege , if he is not used to working in such a way . |
| 9 | A British tourist died yesterday after being shot in a robbery in New Orleans . |
| 10 | A FILM cameraman was airlifted to safety yesterday after being trapped inside a volcano for two days . |
| 11 | Zoe Hartley , 13 , of Send , near Ripley , Surrey , died yesterday after being thrown from a motorcycle on which she was riding as a pillion passenger near her home . |
| 12 | A GIRL of seven died yesterday after being buried under a mountain of grain in a farm silo . |
| 13 | A group of naturalists from Evesham in Worcestershire are back home after being rescued from a tiny island in the Bristol Channel . |
| 14 | This car was stripped out and written off after being stolen from a car park . |
| 15 | Sharon Jackson , 21 , whose hands were sewn back after being severed by a wallpaper factory guillotine eight weeks ago , left Withington Hospital , Manchester , yesterday . |
| 16 | Edwina was brought to the surgery about three months ago after being hit by a car . |
| 17 | Mohamed Sahnoun , the special representative in Somalia of UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali , resigned on Oct. 27 , reportedly after being rebuked in a letter from Boutros-Ghali for criticising the UN response to the crisis . |
| 18 | A MAN was under police guard in hospital today after being shot during a burglary . |
| 19 | A NINE-year-old boy is recovering today after being mauled by a rottweiler . |
| 20 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy is fighting for life in Walton Hospital today after being hit by a van as he was on his way to school . |
| 21 | BRITISH children are believed to be among 160 being held in care today after being rescued from a religious sex cult in Argentina . |
| 22 | Apart from a superb save early in the game and the penalty save , Pears played well after being flattened in a collision . |
| 23 | David Bell was yesterday still very poorly after being hit by a pick-up outside his mother 's farm at East Rounton , Northallerton , on Thursday . |