Example sentences of "and after [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That view was rejected and after a reconnaissance British forces took the island . |
| 2 | He stopped then and after a pause said deliberately , ‘ Even if I held that point of view . ’ |
| 3 | Agriculture had been in steady decline since the 1870s , and after a brief post-war boom was to sink back into it again in the 1930s . |
| 4 | The first fish grabbed seconds later , and after a considerable struggle was safely landed . |
| 5 | It collects its food on a curtain of baleen or whalebone in its mouth and after a single meal may well have transferred to its stomach no less than 2 tons of tiny shrimps , each no more than 3 inches long . |
| 6 | I was sitting talking to him — Chet dropped me off there and after a couple of hours Chet came back and was talking to Scotty , and I was thinking , ‘ If I was a music writer , this would be just pure gold ! ’ |
| 7 | She was amused at first and then became grave and after a pause said : ‘ Of course , he 's perfectly right . ’ |
| 8 | I enquired what seemed to be wrong , and after a little embarrassing silence was told that he was suffering from a stoppage of urine . |
| 9 | The visiting locomotives will progressively arrive during the Steam Festival and after a test run will be used on weekend passenger services . |
| 10 | The road continues west with little indication of the excitement soon to come , passing through Bettyhill at the foot of Strath Naver , notable for its botany and ancient monuments , and after a detour inland comes alongside the Kyle of Tongue , a sea loch that penetrates deep into the interior . |
| 11 | Continuing , this charming road , my second favourite in all Scotland , now turns inland to avoid the high ground overlooking Plockton , and after a new byroad leaves on the right , makes a long detour , passing a pleasant inland loch , to arrive at a T-junction at Duirinish , the left fork heading for Kyle of Lochalsh , that on the right being a no-through-road to Plockton . |
| 12 | The woman thought about this and after a moment looked up at Hari with venom in her eyes . |
| 13 | But the idea of trying to do the same was impossible for Midlander like me — the nearest reservoir was over 20 miles away and after a couple of circuits would soon have lost its charm . |
| 14 | I submitted an article which caused disagreement between referees , and after a third opinion was sought it was rejected . |
| 15 | Hazel waited in silence and after a time Fiver said , slowly and expressionlessly , " But we must go on , until we reach the hills . " |
| 16 | Dan dropped Joanie and Lizzy off at a respectable-looking semi-detached house and after a quick kiss on his daughter 's cheek drove away , pleased with the way he had handled everything . |
| 17 | Despite a tug of interest he moved away , and after a little less than a minute Alison returned . |
| 18 | She turned and regarded him , and after a moment walked slowly and deliberately to the Ancient Throne of Niall of the Nine Hostages and seated herself on it . |
| 19 | He appeared one morning looking haggard and after a quick examination of her mother gave Maureen a prescription for medicine for her . |
| 20 | The Coroner complimented me on my prompt reporting of the find , and after a short deliberation declared them not to be Treasure Trove and handed them back to me . |
| 21 | The workshop report also noted that because of the abundance of ‘ … stocks of fish and other prey are subject to considerable fluctuations … [ a ] comparison of fishery yields or stock levels before and after a seal cull would almost certainly not provide a reliable indication of its effect . ’ |
| 22 | In the morning we had difficulty getting the camels down to the lake ; we then followed the stream that flowed out of it and after a short march camped not far from an Adoimara village . |
| 23 | Both papers — and Rolling Stone — shared the same printers , and after a police visit 6,000 copies of Oz were destroyed . |
| 24 | She put down her fork , and after a moment said , ‘ Rob , how well did you know my cousin — Elise Masters ? ’ |
| 25 | But he set a date , put an Assistant Manager in charge and after a small conflab set the number at 50 . |
| 26 | I helped Archie to his feet and after a necessary detour into the bathroom launched him on to the landing . |
| 27 | The lorries waited under the hoppers to pick up their loads and after a little , one of the lorry men told him to go away . |
| 28 | Made reserve debut three days aftr his 17th birthday and after a substitute appearance at Wimbledon started the Premier League game against the scum in February . |
| 29 | But he underwent surgery in the middle of February and after a problem-free rehabilitation spell is expected to join pre-season training . |
| 30 | But he underwent surgery in the middle of February and after a problem-free rehabilitation spell is expected to join pre-season training . |