Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] after they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mona asked nervously after they rose from their knees . |
| 2 | The arrests came soon after they had sent an open letter to Sassou Nguesso calling for multiparty democracy . |
| 3 | ‘ Above all , the British industrial revolution was a regional phenomenon ’ ( Pollard , 1981 ) ; but often pioneering regions , four declined soon after they had made their vital contribution ( Cornwall , Shropshire , North Wales and the Derbyshire uplands ) , while two more ( Tyneside and Clydeside ) had to get something like a second wind to survive as centres of expanding metal industries and shipbuilding . |
| 4 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
| 5 | Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane . |
| 6 | Harris allegedly became besotted shortly after they met and told friends he could not live without her . |
| 7 | ‘ This had better be convincing , ’ she said frostily after they had ordered coffees . |