Example sentences of "after they have been [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's probably sour grapes after they 've been beaten 4-2 by nine men . |
| 2 | So after they 'd been using this stuff with no windows open or anything , one of the workmen began to feel a little bit groggy so he said to his mate and open the back door Charlie , will you , I 'm feeling a bit groggy . |
| 3 | The students say they dropped legal action after they 'd been promised full consultation , as the Visitor of Somerville College , Lord Roy Jenkins had insisted last year . |
| 4 | The students say they dropped legal action after they 'd been promised full consultation , as the Visitor of Somerville College , Lord Roy Jenkins had insisted last year . |
| 5 | A Christian Science couple in Boston were sentenced to 10 years ' probation on July 6 after they had been found guilty of the manslaughter of their two-year-old son in 1986 . |
| 6 | These 42ft vehicles were sleeping saloons and , after they had been running some little time , some ordinary coaches 34ft in length , carried on six wheels , were built ; these had a total wheel base of 22ft , or 11 ft between centres . |
| 7 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 8 | It is what people do with them after they have been issued that 's the problem . |
| 9 | It is this ability to regenerate that reduces many a garden enthusiast to tears when new flushes of dodder appear , as if from nowhere , on favourite hedges even after they have been pruned bare to get rid of it . |