Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I myself would I am sure hereafter regret not visiting this part of V. D. L. , and under all circumstances I have agreed with Lady Franklin to wait one week longer after which to return if the wind should not come round to the eastward or northeast , either of these winds would take us to the desired place in a few hours . |
| 2 | This early example of government help for education continued until 1858 , after which excise officers were trained by Phillips within the laboratory , and examined by outside assessors . |
| 3 | Although we did n't arrive until nearly midnight , it was still an early call next morning for breakfast , after which came the tricky task of packing our saddle-bags . |
| 4 | Next to the Clements were the Slark family , then the Burtons , after which came the entrance to Garden Cottages . |
| 5 | But first , for me everything was interrupted by six years of army service after which like so many others I had to start again . |
| 6 | Yet it never occurred to John , as his mother aged , that she might be in need of any help , until a visitor from Johannesburg , who had known him as a boy , told him that she was hard up , after which lie made her an allowance . |
| 7 | Prime Minister Felipe González , the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , on April 5 won a vote of confidence in the Congress of Deputies , concluding five months of uncertainty over the exact distribution of seats in the 350-seat Congress resulting from the October general election , after which recounts and repeat elections had been necessary in a number of constituencies . |
| 8 | ‘ I used a hot towel and left the product on for ten minutes after which time my hair felt very soft . |
| 9 | They ran the cell all day , after which time a green crust had formed on the cathode . |
| 10 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 11 | Accreditation is planned for May 1993 after which approved organisations will begin the delivery of MCI . |
| 12 | Sir John Dobson 's Newcastle Central , begun in 1846 , was the first major station to apply the form , after which rival companies in their unending struggle for supremacy and prestige strove to achieve ever larger roof-spans . |
| 13 | The first barbers at Rome , of Sicilian origin , were said to have arrived in the city in 300 BC , after which date the Romans were clean-shaven . |
| 14 | Dartmoor was used by the inhabitants of both Devon and Cornwall until AD 850 , after which date common rights began to develop for the Moor , protecting the rights of all but the people of Barnstaple and Totnes ( who were excluded after AD 900 ) , while allowing the area to be hunted by the Wessex kings . |
| 15 | I hope that you will have dinner with me , but if you ca n't make it , then telephone me at my London address before Thursday lunchtime , after which date I will be on my way up north and my movements are unpredictable . |
| 16 | The tools have to be looked after which means , in particular , preventing them from rusting ( a thin smearing of oil does the trick ) ; tools with cutting edges should be kept sharp with their blades protected against damage . |
| 17 | ‘ But after what went on in the first leg , I hope we get a referee who will be strong enough to stamp out any foul play . |
| 18 | Now , after what had happened with Mr Bishop , she had become even more convinced of this . |
| 19 | She had believed him even now , even after what had happened and was happening , when he had said that his love for her remained as it had ever been , something eternal . |
| 20 | He asked to switch her mind to something else , and because it was essential to leave the autobahn after what had just happened . |
| 21 | After what had happened the previous evening exquisite delicacy had seemed uncalled for . |
| 22 | ‘ After what had happened I could n't face trying to contact you . |
| 23 | That he might die , he did not much care , not , as he lay , and without protest , after what had already happened . |
| 24 | Her father , after what had happened in front of the telly that evening , was first on her list . |
| 25 | Contemporaries remember him coming scowling to school after what had clearly been rows with his patron . |
| 26 | No reason for either of them to write or telephone , not after what had been said . |
| 27 | After what had passed I thought there was a line drawn between us . |
| 28 | Our shooting permits , after what had been eleven months of filming , were due to expire that evening and , though shot at the very end , the sequence on Anak Krakatoa was intended to introduce the very beginning of our whole ten years of adventure films . |
| 29 | Obviously I could not relax and take stock in the turret after what had happened , so I worked my way back to the Bible Room , closed the door quietly and lay down in the bunk . |
| 30 | She tried to think more rationally , to dismiss the darker possibilities from her mind , but after what had happened here in the past week or so she found the worrying thoughts came more easily . |