Example sentences of "was [vb pp] after it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The empty 400ft Demetrius , being towed from Dunkirk in northern France to Greece for scrap , was wrecked after it ran aground at Prawle Point in south Devon . |
2 | ‘ In determining the total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) above , or the liability or total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 2 ) above , no account shall be taken of any liability in respect of a deposit if … ( c ) the institution is a former authorised institution and the deposit was made after it ceased to be an authorised institution or a recognised bank or licensed institution under the Banking Act 1979 unless , at the time the deposit was made , the depositor did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that it had ceased to be an authorised institution , recognised bank or licensed institution . ’ |
3 | TEN passengers escaped injury when their train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle straying on a line in Co Durham , last night . |
4 | One unnamed area was criticised after it appeared to have industrial dereliction and sad , downcast people . |
5 | THE pilot of a vintage fighter plane was killed after it ploughed into moorland yesterday afternoon . |
6 | The government 's political standing , boosted by Sharma 's election , was strengthened after it won a no confidence motion on July 17 by 267 votes to 215 . |