Example sentences of "[vb pp] after being [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Thousands of people have ‘ disappeared ’ or been extrajudicially executed after being abducted by members of the security forces . |
| 32 | Blake was poleaxed after being struck by a missile thrown from the crowd in their 9-1 defeat by Posh last Wednesday — the incident which forced the FA to replay the match . |
| 33 | Blake was poleaxed after being struck by a missile thrown from the crowd in their 9-1 defeat by Posh last Wednesday — the incident which forced the FA to replay the match . |
| 34 | The 25-year-old man was arrested after being named by tribal elders , shocked by the brutal killings at the Nine Mile Reef beauty spot 12 days ago . |
| 35 | Brian Mounsey , 24 , who has lived in Thailand for the past three years , was arrested after being found with two kilos of heroin . |
| 36 | In the past year-and-a-half , 2,500 Colombians have been killed by such groups and a further 250 have disappeared after being detained by security forces , according to Amnesty . |
| 37 | The original playground was axed after being hit by vandals and becoming run-down . |
| 38 | The study discloses how workers were blacklisted after being quoted in the Morning Star . |
| 39 | ‘ My only excuse is that I was pretty exhausted after my stay in the Middle East , and not totally reorientated after being awakened after such a short sleep . |
| 40 | If you wish to encourage mistletoe to grow upon an old apple tree , you should not use seeds which are left after being hung inside the house over Christmas — these will have dried out and besides , winter is not the time to plant them . |
| 41 | He claimed he got started after being spotted in a bar by someone who mistakenly thought they had seen him in a male model magazine . |
| 42 | Where possible , some of the hotel 's original furniture has been retained after being refinished in France . |
| 43 | Hours later , the child 's mother was being questioned after being arrested near Heathrow Airport . |
| 44 | A CUSTOMS chief may be fired after being convicted of hitting a fellow rail passenger . |
| 45 | In August , 10 senior officers were killed after being ambushed by LTTE rebels [ see p. 39053 ] ; the Minister of State for Defence Ranjan Wijeratne died in a bomb attack in March 1991 [ see p. 38103 ] . |
| 46 | I refer to the case of Mustapha Akkawi , who was killed after being tortured in prison just over a week ago . |
| 47 | On June 9 the Senegalese army was reported to have confirmed that six of its soldiers had been killed after being captured by the NPFL . |
| 48 | An attempt by Iraq 's Oil Minister Usumah Abd al-Razzaq Hummadi al-Hithi to persuade ministers to issue a formal request to the UN Security Council to lift the oil embargo on Iraq was rejected after being opposed by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait . |
| 49 | About half of the papers are rejected after being read by two editors without being sent for external peer review . |
| 50 | The doors to the kitchens seemed to be the originals , stripped and revarnished and rehung after being fitted with modern Yale locks . |
| 51 | Later in the year the lantern of the Mid Swatch light buoy in the Thames Estuary was found peppered with holes made by shotgun pellets , while the Mucking No 5 buoy was extinguished after being shot at by an air rifle . |
| 52 | The man was being held after being charged with a drink driving offence at Darlington Magistrates Court . |
| 53 | On July 17 a French aid worker Xavier Rouan had been released after being held by mujaheddin guerrillas since July 5 . |
| 54 | He was later released after being eliminated from the inquiry . |
| 55 | He was chosen after being spotted in a prison production by a theatrical agent . |
| 56 | I even passed a couple of oast houses where hops used to be dried after being picked by families of East Enders for a pittance and a daily beer ration . |