Example sentences of "after a long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winning of " possession " in 1985 after a long struggle in the courts will prove to have been a shallow victory if the protection attaches [ sic ] to this status is to be further undermined , leaving absolute control once again in the hands of the " greater possessors " , the owners . |
| 2 | On the last day of the siege , February 28 , 1972 , 300 police stormed the hotel held by five Red Army guerrillas , including Sakaguchi and Bando , after a long barrage by water cannon and teargas . |
| 3 | It is significant that a popular monarch , making war at the very start of his reign , after a long period of peace , could only raise such inadequate sums . |
| 4 | After a long period of soothing and occasional stroking he managed to get his arms round her . |
| 5 | The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations . |
| 6 | After a long series of such measurements I add up the number of instances in which a particular combination of results has occurred . |