Example sentences of "after it [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A COUNCIL has tightened its safety procedures after it was prosecuted for cutting through an 11,000-volt cable . |
| 2 | The government abolished the death penalty for wartime offences on Sept. 16 , almost 50 years after it was abolished for civilian offenders . |
| 3 | It was withdrawn in Britain in 1973 by its director , Stanley Kubrick , after it was blamed for a string of violent crimes . |
| 4 | THE Government yesterday agreed to pay £150 million in compensation to the investors of the failed Barlow Clowes group after it was castigated for ‘ substantial maladministration ’ by the Parliamentary Ombudsman over its handling of the affair . |
| 5 | South Oxfordshire District Council has reopened its Ladygrove Park after it was closed for a cleaning up operation ; the park was closed some weeks ago after gypsies staying there left it full of litter . |