Example sentences of "after a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nick Brown was cleared of drugs charges in Goa , but has only just been allowed home after a long campaign by his mother . |
| 32 | It had been a dry summer but the pool was full and the young people , many of them travel-stained after a long trek from Portofino , were lying in steaming baths , their toes poised to activate the gilded taps . |
| 33 | The wheel was in active service from 1960 , after a long journey by train from Argyll to Dorset . |
| 34 | The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill . |
| 35 | After a long day of wiping her son 's eyes , arse and office floors , mummy was often too exhausted to continue the struggle . |
| 36 | After a long day of presentations , the angels and the businessmen finally get together in the traditional way . |
| 37 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 38 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 39 | After a long day at the office Richard likes nothing more than to drive home to his little pad in Huntley for a quiet night in with 21 year old , Sarah . |
| 40 | I tell you , after a long life of many escapes , many dramas which might have been tragedies , what I want and would value most is to be free to choose as much of my life as is given to me — to live it by my own lights , Mary , to do , insofar as God wills it , what I want to do to the very hilt and limit . ’ |
| 41 | Nothing is known as to what has happened in Switzerland , but it does appear that in the United States , after a long course of litigation , the attempts have failed . |
| 42 | Jean Dubuffet 's ‘ La Calipette ’ of 1961 , for example , bought at Sotheby 's London in April 1990 for £2,530,000 ( $4,427,500 ) went for a mere FFr6 million ( £714,300 ; $1.12 million ) , its low estimate , after a long duel between two telephone bidders . |
| 43 | After a long pause for refreshment , we can return to the question we started with — how to tell a first edition . |
| 44 | Similarly , events arising out of long-standing difficulties would increase risk of depression : where , for instance , a husband left home after years of arguing and discord ; a child was arrested for burglary after a long history of behavioural problems at home and school ; or a substantial fine was incurred after a long period of extreme financial difficulty ( Brown et al. , 1987 ) . |
| 45 | The secretary of the planning committee that examined the project was an MI6 officer called George Blake who had recently returned to England after a long spell of captivity in Korea . |
| 46 | But when he returned to the ministry in 1913 , after a long spell of service in Rome , a great deal had changed . |
| 47 | On close inspection it looks more like the second touring production of Absurd Person Singular after a long spell in Pitlochry . |
| 48 | His reappearance after a long night of uncertainty prompted scenes of rejoicing among Palestinians around the Middle East . |
| 49 | After a long night of much study and little real sleep , he had to partake of breakfast with little appetite , really too tired to eat . |
| 50 | We are all somewhat the worse for wear after a long night in the hotel bar . |
| 51 | After a long gallop to Radstock our two heroes then made their weary way back to Crediton where they made their final assault . |
| 52 | Susanna Lewis 's very popular book A Machine Knitter 's Guide to Creating Fabrics is available again after a long absence from the bookshelves . |
| 53 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 54 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 55 | He was apparently found to be running a temperature , but after a long season of competing in the best company , he may be past his best . |
| 56 | Now near retirement after a long career in product development , Mr Dulude can presumably act without fear or favour . |
| 57 | After a long career in public service , Monnet had been appointed as head of the French Planning Commission . |
| 58 | He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director . |
| 59 | JE : Though this role was written for you , in a sense , did you find it difficult having to sing Britten after a long career in the standard repertoire ? |
| 60 | Before he 'd even put the head down after a long flight to Glasgow , Lindi was expressing his confidence about Monday 's outcome . |