Example sentences of "after i [vb past] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below . |
| 2 | I did it , in fact , habitually , for forty-five minutes each day after I had done my homework . |
| 3 | After I had eaten my biscuit I climbed up onto my bunk with the chocolate and took off my boots . |
| 4 | As I said to my husband only last night ( just after I had eaten my miserable Lean Cuisine but just before I finished the box of Black Magic ) : ‘ Is n't it terrible the way we allow advertisers to manipulate us ? ’ |
| 5 | I was armed with a microphone and sent onto the course after I had completed my round . |
| 6 | Then he told me to wait for him after I had visited my father , and said that he would try to think of a way to help me without arousing any suspicion . |
| 7 | After I had styled my hair it felt very soft and silky and it also seemed much thicker and more glossy . |
| 8 | After I had written my letter of acceptance to Bedford I began to look for digs nearer the university : I was determined to show some independence . |
| 9 | In the strictness of my own father 's wisdom , he instilled into me a deep respect for the opposite sex , so that there was no physical play or caress with any women until after I had married my wife . |
| 10 | It was one of the medical records clerks who first mentioned the sponsored walk to me when I had visited the hospital to give a lecture to some of the nursing staff shortly after I had started my maternity leave . |
| 11 | Very soon after I had taken my seat a fairly small number of musicians on the stage , of chamber orchestra size , began their rehearsal . |
| 12 | I met my teacher 's teacher once , fairly soon after I had finished my first instruments . |
| 13 | The aunts and cousins arrived for their annual break just after I had finished my finals . |
| 14 | After I had finished my meal and done the washing-up , I went to my room , checked the home-brew and got my air-rifle . |
| 15 | The lessons took place during the evening and then only after I had finished my regular school work for the day . |
| 16 | Just after I had passed my driving test I drove up a local hill on the way to my aunt 's house , coming to traffic at a standstill . |
| 17 | He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me . |
| 18 | First they are used to show a pause , between parts of a sentence , which makes it for example , when you start off with a subordinate clause , after I 'd cashed my Giro comma I went to the shops and bought some food , or , because of the derailment comma all the trains were running late . |
| 19 | CHRISTOPHER : Well , I left school after I 'd done my A levels . |
| 20 | I was light-headed , even after I 'd dried my face . |
| 21 | I mean , I myself , for instance , after I 'd published my first book on psychoanalysis in nineteen eighty was summoned to the House of Commons by and given a dinner , in the House of Commons Restaurant , which is n't very good actually , least it was n't then , and effectively I was told by this great man was , noticed , had a very high opinion of his own ego , that erm , you know the left was in charge of psychoanalysis in this country , and had better conform or shut up . |
| 22 | AFTER I 'd finished my house jobs as a new doctor , I did a stint on obstetrics as a junior . |
| 23 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 24 | Er and I , I think I , I should have said if er la you know after I 'd had my own , enjoy your babies while they 're young because they grow up so quickly , whereas before it was a case of , do n't pick them up when they , you know , if they cry leav let them cry . |
| 25 | They what they knew after I 'd had my fresh claim interview or something like that ? |
| 26 | Three months after I 'd submitted my profile he sold out to INCUBUS . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 28 | Even after I 'd told my wife the good news I could n't hide my depression . |
| 29 | But what was interesting was that after I began modding my gear , a lot of big-name guitar players — Brian May , for instance — if they saw our show , would come up afterwards and say , ‘ What is that you 're using ? |
| 30 | It will keep for a while , at least until I have recorded a little visit I made after I finished writing my life of Elsie and the episode concerning the Butcher . |