Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 After tea we walked down through the remains of the garden .
2 After lunch they set off to Kingsburgh for one of their most memorable encounters .
3 After lunch we went up to my study to work on our poems .
4 After service they strolled down to the waterside , where they talked about stockings and the weaving of plaid ; ‘ What particular parts of commerce are chiefly exercised by the merchants of Aberdeen , I have not inquired , ’ wrote Johnson .
5 At one of these the Bishop of Ostia recalled the highlights of the evening when ‘ fifty reputable whores , not common but the kind called courtesans , supped … and after supper they danced about with the servants and others in the place , first in their clothes and then nude … chestnuts were strewn about and naked courtesans on hands and feet gathered them up , wriggling in and out among the candelabra …
6 As a result , after graduation he set out into an area of research which was more leisurely paced , where there was time to reflect and find the answers without the pressures from perpetual competition .
7 Year after year we come out with a satisfaction rating of over eighty per cent .
8 After breakfast we drove back to Melin Meloch , as it was called .
9 Soon after breakfast we set off into the jungle .
10 The next morning after breakfast I crossed over to Demetriades 's table .
11 An hour after noon he wandered out of the room he shared with Bessie 's children and went into the kitchen , where he splashed water on his face .
12 After dinner we went back to our hotel and threw open the shutters to cool the room .
13 After dinner he went out with four of the ladies from Leicester , including his special friend Pamela Berry , to The Crown , where they sat in a corner of the lounge bar until closing time .
14 After dinner he sat down beside the fire and drank his tea .
15 After dinner he leaned back on the sofa , she sat upright across the room in a matching easy chair .
16 Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months .
17 And me mother , she lived at , that 's not far from Peterborough , and she er Me father used to go to this here farm , me mother lived , and of course they got in with each other , then they got married and then they wanted to buy a caravan .
18 The three old miners considered that it was intended to carry out this operation a little before the smelt houses " left off " and of course they left off by persuasion of the Parliamentary forces , violent or otherwise .
19 And of course they danced on till morning .
20 Of course he finished up in the pit w in with his eyesight .
21 But of course he came out with his usual dry diatribe of er not enough Government cash .
22 Of course he goes on like this because he 's jealous , ’ said John , when he and Ianthe were alone .
23 Well , of course you go over with it , you 're inside it , see .
24 That was very interesting and I thought a good write up of and the things that he did , there to survive the World War Two and of course I go back to when the crews were formed and we flew together training at Pyo Texas and at er Dallasburgh , Tennessee and then from there went overseas , we went to er Scotville , Illinois and picked up new planes in Petermover and it was , we went to Stagen area .
25 And er and then er of course I went back to me mother after me grandmother died , I went to me mother and er mind you when I was th young there was a lot of poverty about you know there was er no security pay and no er and you could n't get any money from anywhere or anything like that you know and er so it used to er had to do the best you can .
26 Of course I came down to earth on my next round .
27 Full of misgiving I drove on into the darkness .
28 With a little moan of fear she scrambled out of the car and raced to the house to hammer on the door , but it opened at the first blow from her fist .
29 Increasing the amount of interview you get through in a day ?
30 Well erm I actually stopped smoking about er , two years ago and was quite surprised at the amount of weight I put on in about five months , which was two stone , which I did n't think I 'd deserved !
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