Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mammals also existed at this time , starting a little later in the mid-Triassic , but in very insignificant numbers and they were tiny until after the death of the dinosaurs , after which they had more fully evolved from the pelycosaurs and therapsids . |
| 2 | From Verzy to Trépail , however , the vines face eastwards , after which they take more southerly aspects . |
| 3 | The more seasoned tasters , I saw , were rolling the wine round their tongues and their eyes at the ceiling , after which they spat out the wines in the receptacles provided . |
| 4 | For control of reflux symptoms , the patients were allowed to take H 2 receptor antagonists or antacids until 10 days before the start of the study after which they received only antacids . |
| 5 | The young remain with their mother until a new baby is born , after which they wander further and further away until the parental bond breaks down completely . |
| 6 | In Chapter 6 , we saw how to introduce a sequence set on a beach , beginning with establishing shots after which we grew gradually closer to the characters and their reactions to each other . |
| 7 | It all took just over a bio-day , after which we drifted down from the Valve and touched ground at the spaceport . |
| 8 | On weekdays , a further peak occurred in the half hour before noon , but demand then dropped over the lunchtime period until 13.00 , when it started to climb once more , reaching a peak at 14.15–14.30 , after which it declined gradually until the end of the day . |
| 9 | The road bypasses the viaduct , preferring to cross under the railway at a more orthodox bridge a short distance further on , after which it climbs steadily in a barren landscape to the grassy tableland of Newby Head Moss at an elevation of almost 1400 feet . |
| 10 | Using that as a working theory , I 'd say there was some sort of time limit involved — I mean , a time during which it is imperative for people not to know that he 's dead , but a time that comes to an end , after which it does n't matter so much . " |
| 11 | They indicate that it was already accelerating in the mid and late 1960s and actually reached a peak in the first three or four years of the following decade , after which it fell back substantially . |
| 12 | ‘ According to the report he was at The Morvyl Arms until closing time , after which he walked home to his caravan at Mil ! er 's Bottom . ’ |
| 13 | But the assistant on the show got so pissed that she put her head on his lap , after which he got up and walked off in the middle of the programme . ’ |
| 14 | He played soccer for Middlesbrough in the immediate post-war years and , in 1950 , moved to Portsmouth where he played professionally until 1958 , after which he drifted away from the club never to contact Portsmouth again ( W. J. B. Davis , Portsmouth FC Secretary , personal communication , 1979 ) . |
| 15 | Initially he used to race Model A Fords before later joining the Chevrolet team , after which he went on to win Argentina 's top event , the Gran Premio Nacional . |
| 16 | For Wykeham he designed New College , Oxford , and supervised the works there from 1379 to 1386 , after which he went on to design Winchester College , ready for occupation in 1394 but not completed until after 1400 . |
| 17 | After which she goes off to join the other hens , leaving the male to incubate the eggs alone and to lead the chicks away from the scrape to a safe and secret hideaway . |
| 18 | The rage burned a week , after which she fell totally silent for three days ; a silence broken by a grief like nothing she 'd ever experienced before . |
| 19 | On one occasion a confused patient with subarachnoid haemorrhage harangued nurses and caused chaos on the ward until she was wheeled out of the high dependency unit for a cigarette , after which she settled down . |
| 20 | The urgency of nausea brings me to Siobhan 's house without difficulty and , once there , I crumble to my knees and vomit into the toilet , after which I fall headlong into bed and sleep for three or four |
| 21 | The news brought back by Colonel Moore after what they had all supposed was no more than the formal punctuation had almost panicked her . |
| 22 | How the hell can I tell her after what she 's just been through , Newman asked himself . |
| 23 | Nothing would be quite the same after what he had just heard . |
| 24 | After what he has now said about a referendum , he had better watch out . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not surprised , ’ said Brian , ‘ not after what you put away last night . ’ |
| 26 | It 's not much after what you 've just been through , but I 'd hate to end up in a French jail and , as I forgot my licence , I 'm not insured to move this car . ’ |
| 27 | " Only after what you found back in April , things are n't normal . |
| 28 | me a pound after what I 've just done for you out there |
| 29 | ‘ After what I saw here today , I do n't believe you 're afraid of anything . ’ |
| 30 | Anyway , after what I did ter that silly ole goat at the sawmills the coppers might fink I 'm a villain an' try ter get the ole boy ter say I was there . |