Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 President Ayaz Mutalibov of the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan , who visited Iran on Aug. 16-18 , held talks with President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani on Aug. 18 after which they signed a memorandum of understanding to improve bilateral relations .
2 They set a time , however , within which the coheir should set to construction , and after which they wished Procula alone to construct , imputing costs to her coheir for his share .
3 The men were taken into a tent and allowed to look at a group of objects for a short period after which they had to recall every detail they had observed .
4 The mammals also existed at this time , starting a little later in the mid-Triassic , but in very insignificant numbers and they were tiny until after the death of the dinosaurs , after which they had more fully evolved from the pelycosaurs and therapsids .
5 On Sept. 17 the same leaders met the Public Security Minister , Ismaila Nimaga , after which they agreed to suspend a rally planned for the following day .
6 From Verzy to Trépail , however , the vines face eastwards , after which they take more southerly aspects .
7 Perching on wires or bush tops on look out for bees , wasps and other flying insects ; flight swallow-like , with long glides on triangular wings and tremendous acceleration to capture prey , after which they return to perch with a graceful upward sweep and batter it to death before swallowing it .
8 The usual pattern was for all to congregate in Minton 's studio where he might cook a large risotto after which they went to a film .
9 Professor Thomas Gordon joined them for breakfast at the New Inn , after which they went to a Service at the ‘ English chapel ’ , that is to say , the Episcopalian , that is to say , the Anglican church in Scotland .
10 Insoluble materials are firstly ground with lactose ( a supposedly inert sugar with hard , abrasive crystals ) to the third centesimal dilution , after which they become soluble in the water/alcohol mixture producing a colloidal solution .
11 For most teachers I have worked with , their particular stress portfolio unfolds unconsciously up to a certain point , after which they become aware of the fact that they are getting seriously stressed and need to take care of themselves .
12 The local communities had to pay for the equipment of the men selected and their expenses until they reached the county boundary , after which they served at the king 's wages .
13 The soldiers of the artillery train had panicked and cut the traces of their horses , after which they overturned their guns and caissons to create barricades .
14 Barristers normally take a law degree , after which they join an Inn of Court and read for Bar finals .
15 Political tensions in Côte d'Ivoire briefly lifted cocoa prices above £900 a tonne in May , after which they fell by 30% .
16 The more seasoned tasters , I saw , were rolling the wine round their tongues and their eyes at the ceiling , after which they spat out the wines in the receptacles provided .
17 The warrants , which give holders the right to more shares , have to be converted by November 15 , after which they expire .
18 If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner …
19 They moved from the rug to the king-size bed for a second demonstration , after which they lay entwined .
20 Watchers were then encouraged to get in touch with her via her publishers , after which they received a personalised mailshot .
21 For control of reflux symptoms , the patients were allowed to take H 2 receptor antagonists or antacids until 10 days before the start of the study after which they received only antacids .
22 Firstly , they are given a two month course covering most aspects and procedures of aircraft accident investigation , after which they spend several months assisting experienced investigators in the field until they are sent out , with full responsibility for their particular side of the investigation ( i.e. operations or engineering ) , on one of the many minor accidents to private or club aircraft .
23 The friar returned a light scowl , after which they paid no more attention to one another .
24 The young remain with their mother until a new baby is born , after which they wander further and further away until the parental bond breaks down completely .
25 The agreements were due to be signed on Dec. 16 , after which they required ratification by the European and national parliaments .
26 The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby .
27 Now the American authorities have said Teresa can have custody until February next year after which they have to be returned to her husband .
28 The business continued to produce flour up to 1932 , after which they concentrated on flour factoring and the preparation of animal feed .
29 Engels believed that the ‘ callous , narrow-minded and conceited ’ Junkers had learned from the French Revolution that the system they maintained was doomed , but in reality the Junkers crushed the rising and insisted on ‘ service ’ until an agricultural review had been conducted in 1865 — after which they abandoned serfdom with great reluctance .
30 Unlike chlorine which tends to kill at all concentrations , but takes longer , QACs are bactericidal only when reduced to a certain concentration after which they inhibit cell reproduction without killing .
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