Example sentences of "afterwards [that] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nutty realised afterwards that they had come within a hairs-breadth of total disaster . |
| 32 | Southey wrote long afterwards that he was astonished at this turn of events , since Coleridge , such a short time before , had talked of being ‘ deeply in love with a certain Mary Evans ’ ; Coleridge , on the other hand , was later to blame Southey for having persuaded him into marriage against his will . |
| 33 | I found out afterwards that the man was Mr. Mould , known as Tammy , who with his two spinster sisters ran ‘ Moulds Dining Rooms ’ in Winchester Street . |
| 34 | It became such a tame pet afterwards that she could never persuade it to play dead again , even if she grabbed it as though she were a predator . |
| 35 | She said afterwards that she had never experienced anything like it , but that it was not unpleasant or fearful . |
| 36 | It was not until a long time afterwards that Catriona thought she understood the reason Sarah seemed young , which was simple : she looked directly at everyone and let them look back at her . |
| 37 | And you can always boast afterwards that you knew it when it was quiet and unspoilt . |
| 38 | Carl and his mother went to see a performance of Les Miserables in London , and he told her afterwards that he wanted to play the part of Gavroche , the young Parisian urchin . |
| 39 | We passed Cap Bon ( in the distance ) and Pantelleria , the latter at sea level — which was just as well as it was raining at the time , otherwise we might have missed it and also because we were told afterwards that there was an airfield there with Bf110s . |
| 40 | The Llanelli lock confessed afterwards that : ‘ I knew it was a mistake before the punch ever landed ’ . |
| 41 | He revealed afterwards that he , like John McEnroe , who had described the prize money on offer as ‘ obscene ’ , was considering giving some of it to charity . |
| 42 | But I did n't have a single partner who said to me afterwards that in a corporate sense I 'd done the wrong thing . |
| 43 | In addition , there is no protection against the old device of refusing admission to a solicitor ( or doctor ) and asserting afterwards that the prisoner did not ask for him or even that he had refused to see him . |
| 44 | If Adam ever got as far as masturbating , and naturally he sometimes did , he always had the feeling afterwards that his teeth were loose . |
| 45 | It must have been a day or two afterwards that she had seen the picture . |
| 46 | He succeeded in doing so , but confided afterwards that no single examiner thought me worthy of a first , but when the marks were added up , mine were within a few marks of those who were obviously in the first class , and so my name was added to the list of three others . |
| 47 | But that Saturday , feeling now surprisingly fit and with Brian 's enthusiastic encouragement , she could not help admitting while they were having lunch at the village pub afterwards that it was nice . |
| 48 | He came so often afterwards that Ackroyd began to look out for him when Saturday came round . |
| 49 | ‘ I 'll do anything , ’ I told them , and it was n't till afterwards that I realized I 'd done the right thing 'cos where else was I to go ? |
| 50 | Take striker Dalian Atkinson , who joked afterwards that he got his speed by being chased by dogs as a youngster . |
| 51 | The British record signing , given a rousing reception by Saints ' fans before kick off , admitted afterwards that Monkou had left him feeling the pressure of a marked man . |
| 52 | So the decision was made for me , you see , it was only afterwards that I saw I had taken quite a step — a leap in the dark , in fact . |
| 53 | Arsenal boss George Graham confirmed afterwards that absentees Alan Smith , David Hillier and Stephen Morrow are doubtful for Saturday 's cup clash . |
| 54 | The driver of one of the vehicles told police afterwards that he had seen Mr Adams , who lived in Witney , ahead of him , but Mr Reid said Clarke clearly failed to notice him , even though Mr Adams had switched on both his front and rear bicycle lights . |
| 55 | The band shelled out £10,000 hiring a mobile recording studio to capture the event — only to find afterwards that gremlins had got into the tapes and ruined the sound quality . |
| 56 | Asked one angry betting shop punter : ‘ Why is it only afterwards that we hear of a betting coup ? |
| 57 | It does not do to attribute human motives to animals but Billy said afterwards that it was as if she was reluctant to leave and did not expect to be back . |
| 58 | One of the rioters claimed afterwards that ‘ all they had wanted was work ’ . |
| 59 | ( However , Peter Burge , the former Australian batsman who was the ICC 's match referee throughout this series , said afterwards that there would have been time for one over if a wicket had fallen in the same Tufnell over . ) |
| 60 | It was clear long afterwards that I had suffered a serious mental shock . |