Example sentences of "after several [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After several months ' work , during which time they lived in a caravan parked on the site , the owners , Mr and Mrs Bates were able to move into the future garage area of the building in August 1984 and to continue work on the upper-floor accommodation under the shelter of the reslated roof .
2 The idea of literally dropping in on the enemy and catching them unawares would have seemed attractive after several months ' idleness .
3 The statement said the arrests were made by the force 's organised crime task force , headed by Det Chief Supt Graham Melvin , after several months ' inquiries .
4 Jessop died at Butterley Hall , Derbyshire , 18 November 1814 after several years ' illness .
5 But some of them will have been men who lived permanently within their lord 's gates , his closest companions , who , after several years ' service , might hope to be rewarded with fiefs .
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