Example sentences of "later he [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But ten days later he returned to the same Thornaby service station , filled up with petrol and then paid by cheque .
2 He himself claimed to have been present at the battle of the Boyne , as a private soldier in King William 's army ; later he deserted from the Royal Regiment of Dragoons ( Scots Greys ) when serving under the first Duke of Marlborough [ q.v. ] in Flanders .
3 He was wounded at the siege of Leith in 1560 and nine years later he stood against the northern rising , subsequently advising on the defence of the northern border .
4 A few moments later he pulled into the gravelled forecourt of a large house .
5 Three years later he switched to the Daily Mirror ; he was still based in Yorkshire , covering the local beat .
6 Yet minutes later he joined in the traditional chorus sweeping the allied line , the eastern response to the French ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ and far , far older .
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