Example sentences of "after [adj] had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | One excuse after another had been made . |
| 2 | During this trial period a number of useful lessons were learned , not least of which was that we were correct in attempting to take on only one medium sized location and only progress after this had been successfully completed . |
| 3 | At his first formal meeting with the chairmen after all had been appointed , he outlined how he might achieve the generalisation and standardisation of ‘ better practice ’ : |
| 4 | Standing there , surveying the hall , so pleasant now ( though she knew that really she ought to get carpet foam and do over the carpet which after all had been folded up in the dust of the skip ) , she saw that Philip had mended the little cupboard under the stairs that the policeman had kicked in . |
| 5 | Some said the sport came from the Norsemen , others muttered about the Romans who after all had been in the area for several centuries and left little else but stone , and one literary aficionado had just written a treatise tracing it back in direct line to Jacob 's wrestling with the angel . |
| 6 | Somerset won the toss and batted , but within 1¾ hours they were bowled out for 88 — this after 60 had been made for the loss of only one wicket . |
| 7 | Robert Passelewe was a Household clerk who after 1228 had been attached to the Poitevin party , shared in their downfall in 1234 , and was restored to favour in 1236 ; his appointment in 1246 as justice of the Forests south of Trent therefore brings the administrative history of the forest into line with that of the Household and the great Departments of State . |