Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] after " in BNC.

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1 A mechanic contracted to the RAC arrived within an hour , she claimed , but went to help a man who had broken down after her .
2 An earlier ceasefire arranged on Nov. 11 had broken down after five days .
3 It was coloured a garish blue , an obvious re-spraying job after massive areas of the body-work had been filled in after various collisions .
4 The flying logbook is an official document which is carefully filled in after each flight , and after each month 's flying the entries are verified and then signed by the Flight Commander and the Squadron 's Officer Commanding as being correct .
5 and they were added on after .
6 ‘ Had it hit the concrete or had the ground been less soft , it would have carried on after the collision and headed straight into our warehouse , ’ said Mr Bagni .
7 Matches and trophies carried on after the outbreak of war in August 1914 , although the Autumn Meeting in October was almost cancelled .
8 We were there in early December , and the work carried on after dark very often , lit only by the exterior lights of the melin , which were scarcely adequate illumination .
9 The tradition was carried on after him by his son , Archibald Alexander Hodge ( 1823–86 ) , and Benjamin B. Warfield ( 1851 — 1921 ) .
10 For example a home-made brawn or pig's-head cheese seasoned with a generous amount of lemon juice ( squeezed in after cooking and when the meat is shredded or chopped ready for potting or moulding ) transforms an often insipid dish into a delicacy .
11 The Tory suggestion was voted down after Coun Jim Skinner ( Lab ) said all the pedestrianisation schemes were experimental and will be reviewed .
12 ‘ A hundred years ago they were carried in after coming off their horses , or being knocked clown by carriages .
13 New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers .
14 Hebbert had wound down after the adrenalin rush and was furious at having to crank up again .
15 Adrian Hill , the former Cheshire match play champion from Bramhall , who turned professional last year , has also won through after an indifferent first season on the European Challenge Tour , which saw him back in 100th place in the order with earnings of just over £4,000 .
16 So I rang the midwife again , who decided she 'd better come over after all .
17 Ratcliffe , who is in the Welsh squad for next week 's World Cup qualifier against The Netherlands was carried off after a fifth-minute collision with Geoff Pike .
18 Batty , who was carried off after a tackle by Stewart Robson , added : ‘ I am just relieved I have n't broken it . ’
19 But Reid 's fury was outweighed by his concern over Paul Lake , who was carried off after seven minutes with what appeared to be a recurrence of the knee injury that kept him out for two years .
20 The remains of the Polish K4 are carried off after the collision .
21 He was carried off after a fifty fifty tackle with Stuart McCall .
22 I made one last effort to see if my parachute was still there , and to my amazement and relief found it had not been torn off after all .
23 I rushed her over to see him as soon as I could but he was still drugged up after the operation . ’
24 Some windows were still boarded up after the last attack .
25 Filter cartridges , for instance , need regular changing as they get clogged up after about six months .
26 The only thing that I do n't like is the silly little protection book that contains pictorial passwords which must be looked up after loading the game .
27 The man who succeeded him as Secretary General of the Young Communists , Carlos Contreras Maluje , was picked up after putting up a struggle in the street .
28 Morale only picked up after the restart at the beginning of a 70-mile , three-day run and walk up and over Mount Chirripo .
29 He also said he is ‘ very optimistic ’ about the NCR computer division , where orders from Europe recently have picked up after a period of extreme softness .
30 It was picked up after a couple of rings .
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