Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case the normal cost of equipping a good boat with an efficient crew would certainly not be higher , and probably be a little lower after the trade had settled down to its now increased dimensions than before . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't help noticing , ’ said Miss Labrooy as the train lurched into motion , ‘ that Dr Kingdom seemed rather upset after you left . |
| 3 | This is only possible after the child has been forced to recognize itself as ‘ il ’ , as an object of exchange between its parents . |
| 4 | Dad said , and it must have cost him a lot to say so little after he 'd been put down by me , ‘ I 've decided I want to be with Eva . ’ |
| 5 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 6 | The kind and amount of pollution which come to light in these circumstances are only knowable after a routine sample has been taken and analysed in an agency laboratory . |
| 7 | You do n't seem able to recall what said either at the start or er somewhat later after he 'd been handcuffed . |
| 8 | He always felt much better after , but he never dared tell the dream to his wife . |
| 9 | That such projects should evolve , that the people involved should be allowed to feel their way gradually ( they should be the doers ) — mistakes in this game are really only important after they have been repeated . |
| 10 | It would be wrong to assume that the divisions in the Tory Party , which became so evident after Mrs Thatcher was dumped , have been healed . |
| 11 | Ian Wyllie found that , of 90 reed warbler nests that had cuckoo eggs in them , 86 ( 95 per cent ) were parasitised during egg-laying and only four after the clutch was complete . |
| 12 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 13 | That the world should be so enchanting after the enchantment of Vitor 's lovemaking was entirely appropriate . |
| 14 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 15 | People feel something like this : ‘ If I knew I did everything I possibly could then I would n't feel so bad after he 's gone ’ . |
| 16 | It was no coincidence that Hibs were at their most dangerous after Evans had replaced Lennon and Weir moved out to the right wing . |
| 17 | From the photograph of it which still exists ( Plate 16 ) , it would appear that the reason Minton destroyed it was that its use of stylisation was no longer acceptable after Tindle 's self-portrait had converted him to a more realist approach , in part inspired by Freud . |
| 18 | POLICE in Cleveland last night warned people depositing cash to be extra vigilant after a company director was robbed outside a bank . |
| 19 | We managed to lay our hands on just four after much research . |
| 20 | Similarly , there was a difference between groups in the rates of reported non-smoking ( χ 2 a d j =9.2 , df=3 ; p=0.03 ) ; this difference was no longer significant after potential confounders were adjusted for ( F 3 , 3 5 =2.5 ) . |
| 21 | I think this was at its most obvious after Leeds scored their second goal . |
| 22 | Members of a random sample of 1000 men aged 65 in 1955 were followed up and the numbers still alive after successive 5-year intervals were found to be as follows : Construct a life table for these men including estimates of life expectancy at the start of successive 5-year age periods . |
| 23 | Like that after yo I know he did cos that had , listen if you were lying to me , I do n't wa I do n't like being lied to because I |
| 24 | For a peasant farmer , the pig was a good investment , being almost totally edible after it had provided very rich fertiliser during its lifetime . |
| 25 | ‘ Lovers , ’ said Lili , ‘ lovers are even more valuable after they 've stopped being lovers . |
| 26 | Speaking at home , Mr Samson said : ‘ I ca n't talk about it too much because it is still the subject of an inquiry , but I was still conscious after it went off . |
| 27 | Now it becomes a little clearer why , in a young healthy child where ‘ disease ’ serves its function in its most simple and natural form , it has been observed that the child is more well after an acute ailment has resolved than he was before it started . |
| 28 | For a time the correspondence was brief and businesslike , but it became more expansive after the book had received good reviews : there were thanks for entertainment , and enquiries about reprinting dates . |
| 29 | Average age for the ceasing of menstruation is around 50 , but the hot flushes and sweating that can accompany it are more common after the periods have ended , and may last from just a few months to more than five years . |
| 30 | Sally Gunnell will also go to Crystal Palace with an opportunity to earn the equivalent women 's title and same bumper pay-day but her chances look more bleak after she was beaten in the one-lap hurdles for the first time in a year by her US rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick . |