Example sentences of "after a [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One dress was called ‘ Dying Embers ’ after a lady at a fancy dress party who 'd claimed she was dressed as dying embers — and if someone did n't poke her soon she was going home ! |
| 2 | After a spell at the rehabilitation centre , Guy 's parents realized it was a mistake , and tried to have him transferred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation centre in London , even though this was a long way from home . |
| 3 | The boarding school was her father John 's idea after a spell at Grianan Training Centre — a school for girls with behavioural problems run by nuns under a strict regime — had failed to quell her rebellious attitude . |
| 4 | LIKE Shakespearean scholars after a spell at Harvard Business School , the managers of the world 's best-known branded products have long pondered the question : what 's in a name ? |
| 5 | After a spell at Tie Rack , she found her own niche in socks . |
| 6 | After a spell at Oriel College , Oxford , where he later claimed to have suffered a worthless and drunken tutor , he came to reside at Dumbleton on his grandmother 's death in 1690 and inaugurated a programme of rebuilding and improvement . |
| 7 | After a spell at Leicester City , he returned to Wigan in 1989 as chief executive and took over team affairs when Ray Matthias was sacked . |
| 8 | After a spell at Millbank as general manager planning , he went back to CIL as senior Vice President before moving to Melbourne as Chief Executive and Managing Director of ICI Australia . |
| 9 | Police cars chased two men after a raid at a chemist shop in Tarporley on Saturday . |
| 10 | Two men threw bottles and other material at police cars which chased them after a raid at a chemist shop in Tarporley . |
| 11 | SHANNON Doherty , 21 , of Beverly Hills 90210 , has been charged with battery after a fight at a Hollywood club . |
| 12 | A man 's been charged after a fight at a pub between rival groups of football fans . |
| 13 | A Co Armagh shop was robbed of £25,000 worth of goods this week — days after a copy-cat-raid at the same shop failed . |
| 14 | The Society 's first winner of the new season was the irrepressible Robbie Kennelly ( 9 ) , he played the front nine in a modest 16pts after a blank at the ninth despite another blank at the tenth Robbie covered the last eight holes in a blistering 22pts with birdies at 11 and 7 for a grand total of 38pts . |
| 15 | In one case a child was removed from her mother after a fracture at the age of 18 months . |
| 16 | Between these times it shows either a slight rise or a general plateau ( tests of Groups 1 , 2 and 6 ) or a slight decline after a peak at about noon ( Groups 3 , 5 and 7 ) . |
| 17 | Detectives want to hear from anyone offered cheap fish after a burglary at the Golden Flatts fish and chip shop in Jutland Road , Hartlepool . |
| 18 | DC Steven Millward said the haul included water colour paintings , valued at £300 , which had already been returned to the owner after a burglary at a Darlington antiques shop a year ago . |
| 19 | The group was set up in 1986 after a proposal at one of the regular — though often far apart — meetings of the four main Church leaders by Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop Robin Eames , and seconded by the late Catholic Primate Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich . |
| 20 | Hammersmith and Fulham council was alerted in the the night on 1 February after a caretaker at the block of flats called in the authorities when neighbours became concerned . |
| 21 | Who can blame old Happisburgians for taking advantage of its generosity and picking up whatever the local currents and tides cast ashore after a storm at sea ? |
| 22 | Twenty-four hours earlier she had been admitted to the Royal London Hospital , Whitechapel after a fall at her home in Stepney . |
| 23 | She died in hospital 10 November 1939 , after a fall at her new house in Whitehead , outside Belfast . |
| 24 | A pensioner died after a fall at Sedgefield Community Hospital , Cleveland Coroner 's Court heard . |
| 25 | Fire crews swilled away fuel after a spillage at the corner of The Avenue and Farndale Drive in Guisborough yesterday . |
| 26 | If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ? |
| 27 | Herron of Gosforth , Newcastle , was convicted of communicating false information after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court in October . |
| 28 | Alexander Ballantine , 51 , who was found guilty of driving dangerously by a jury after a trial at Dingwall Sheriff Court last month , was also banned from driving for five years . |
| 29 | All a long way from a pint of mild and a bag of chips after a night at the City Varieties … |
| 30 | In the early scenes she sometimes seems less like a human than a terrified wild animal , and she is in extraordinary form in her first public apppearance at Mrs Higgins 's tea party , moving with the stiffness of an automaton and speaking in a voice that sounds like a Martian after a course at the Berlitz . |