Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] [adv] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | A JOBLESS plasterer moved into a £100,000 farmhouse on 140 acres of land yesterday after proving he was the love-child of a wealthy farmer . |
| 2 | In species such as swans and geese , which lay large clutches of eggs soon after arrival , the reserve on landing may indeed determine breeding success for the year . |
| 3 | And er so I said she dissolved into fits of laughter so after that she explained it by saying well I used to be a trainer and I know how I got to avoid the stock phrases . |
| 4 | The five-year MEng honours degree course is for particularly able students who expect to assume responsible positions in industry immediately after graduation . |
| 5 | It was a relief to be able to look at objects in depth again after the hypnotic closeness of the walls and the limited view from my room . |
| 6 | Here the sales staff glided about with languid grace more reminiscent of Paris than New York , the house models managed to look like elegant advertisements for Varna even after a long session of standing stock still while a toile was pinned and draped and adjusted around them , and even when a rail of sample clothes had to be wheeled across the hallowed expanse of green , carefully hidden inside grey and black sample bags to make sure they were safe from the photographic eye of a fashion spy , it was managed with what Hugo referred to as ‘ panache ’ . |
| 7 | The sleazy sell which accompanies the three-page advert points to those who have been given large sums of money shortly after acquiring their cross . |
| 8 | A group of 14 Irish student leaders face jail sentences for contempt today after ignoring a Dublin High Court injunction obtained by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children barring publication of information on abortion services in Britain . |
| 9 | In 1988 Margaret Thatcher squeezed sight-test charges through Parliament only after a Tory rebellion that shrank her majority by 28 votes . |
| 10 | Chamberlain 's practical experience of first-class cricket is slim , confined to six matches for Northamptonshire shortly after the war . |
| 11 | Chamberlain 's experience of first-class cricket is slim , confined to six matches for Northants shortly after the war . |
| 12 | Even more amazing , he is alleged to have told confidants before he died last month that , far from being the spoils of two decades of looting the Treasury , he had found the 400 tons of bullion just after the war in a northern province of the Philippines . |
| 13 | At the same time , one must remember that there were other aspects of the economy which were virtually unaffected by war ; one sees this in the growth of the mining interest in the North-east , and most conspicuously in the continuation of trading connections with areas even after the political ties which had created them had been broken . |
| 14 | Not only can you find out the results of addition quickly after all the figures have been written down , you can also predict the results of adding together three rows of figures after only one has been written down . |
| 15 | Like a Napoleon or a Montgomery , in fact like any truly great captain , Pétain enhanced his magnetic influence over rank-and-file by frequent surprise visits to the front , presenting medals in person immediately after an attack , enquiring about the wounded . |
| 16 | The council had also sent an extra 300 men to Calais immediately after Edward 's death , pushing the monthly wages bill there up to £627 . |
| 17 | The council had also sent an extra 300 men to Calais immediately after Edward 's death , pushing the monthly wages bill there up to £627 . |
| 18 | The four , including Kenneth Prescott from St Helens , Merseyside , declared the drugs to customs yesterday after flying into Auckland for the world amateur bodybuilding championship which takes place on Saturday . |
| 19 | The four , including Kenneth Prescott from St Helens , declared the drugs to customs yesterday after flying into Auckland for the world amateur bodybuilding championship which takes place on Saturday . |
| 20 | Bottlenose dolphins have a heart rate of 80–90 beats per minute just after ‘ blowing ’ , slowing within a few seconds to 33–45 beats per minute and remaining at that rate until the next blow . |
| 21 | Hence , these documents offer little on the important and possibly substantial grants of lands to Scandinavians immediately after Cnut 's accession , probably because the majority were never recorded in this form , and little more on his lay patronage at other times . |
| 22 | Nor are the Free Democrats likely to pull out of Mr Kohl 's government now , though some of them hope the chance will come to join the Social Democrats in government again after the next general election in 1994 . |