Example sentences of "[adv prt] after the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Rain had set in after the heatwave and there was an infestation of jelly fishes in the Moray Firth . |
| 32 | Even if he did win , the owner would buy him in after the race , so that Boardwalk would have paid back a small fraction of his training costs . |
| 33 | The man pulled himself in after the stretcher , the doors were closed and the ambulance began to move off , its siren wailing mournfully . |
| 34 | Debt is what millions of families are still in after the spend , spend years of the late 1980s . |
| 35 | Old Black Hannah put in an appearance , and one or two other women from the village who remembered Martha as a child , and who , perhaps , shared her liking for the Old Faith ; but apart from them , it was just Mr Drew ( who galloped through the service as fast as he could ) , Jennifer and the two gravediggers , who came in after the blessing and carried the coffin out underhand , dumping it without much reverence into the mortice they had prepared for it . |
| 36 | Soon after the war ended it trebled its student members when the Ministry of Education issued grants to ex-servicemen in an attempt to prevent a recurrence of the disillusionment that had set in after the First World War . |
| 37 | We suspect the text of this song was sent late to the printer with some such direction as ‘ Put this in after the Dialogue of Coridon and Mopsa ’ — exactly the kind of wording used with ‘ Ye gentle spirits of the air ’ — and the printer did literally that , not realizing that the Dance of Haymakers belonged to the Dialogue . |
| 38 | Any Radio 4 fans who settle down to ‘ The Archers ’ had a bonus on August 2nd if they stayed tuned in after the programme , because it was followed by a programme called ‘ Performing Miracles ’ and featured Sheila Dicks . |
| 39 | Police were called in after the fourteen month old grey colt was found dead on a farm on road in Lincoln . |
| 40 | That is what the Labour party intends to bring in after the next election . |
| 41 | This was the situation P&O Containers , Australia , found themselves in after the acquisition of Associated Container Transportation ( Australia ) Ltd ( ACTA ) . |
| 42 | These provisions have been one of the major forces responsible for the complete change in standard terms and conditions for dealing with consumers that came in after the passing of the UCTA . |
| 43 | More film roles are expected to come rolling in after the Oscars on 29 March , although Thompson claims she is a no-hoper for glamorous parts . |
| 44 | Lord Peyton has the right to stick to his guns and he 's disinclined to give in after the majority he won last time . |
| 45 | Well anyway George did tell me when I popped in after the funeral erm that you were hoping you 'd be here today , I said , oh well I said I 'll leave this here then you can . |
| 46 | at the same place er we were putting machinery in after the war , you know |
| 47 | What we do need is the co-operation of the residents , and I must say that we are beginning to get the co-operation now and in fact many people did phone in after the last incident when the officers were assaulted , first of all asking for the condition of the officers and showing concern , and secondly giving us information . |
| 48 | Tabitha swooped along after the bird , over rubble , through coulisses , under gantries of black bone where vast unknown machinery slept , covered in fawn dust . |
| 49 | Er he came along after the the Heworth Green er demonstration . |
| 50 | Jilly Jonathan was pale but had calmed down after the bout of hysterical weeping that had overcome her once they had got her to the hotel . |
| 51 | The whole house sat down after the Rosary one evening to pick the hospital she would go to . |
| 52 | So potent is the tradition of Czech cafe society , that most cafes were shut down after the Communist takeover in 1948 . |
| 53 | The clan held back politely as he swaggered down after the others into the sheltered hollow . |
| 54 | They reckoned They was going to pull it down after the War . |
| 55 | Many medieval millers paid their rent to the lord of the manor in eels ; and when the water-mill in the centre of Stafford was pulled down after the last war , the laconic miller expressed as his only regret : ‘ I shall miss the eels . ’ |
| 56 | She supposed that she must face the fact that she was run down after the years of nursing and the final shock of Donald 's death . |
| 57 | In expanding their empire , the British had habitually sought out local agents through whom to impose their authority , and though these arrangements often broke down after the initial period of contact , sometimes they did not . |
| 58 | The dried fish is eaten as an accompaniment to spicy food , providing a contrast and cooling the mouth down after the curry ! |
| 59 | It did not help the Irish , either , that they may well have been winding down after the Five Nations Championship whereas New Zealand 's players were hitting top gear with early-season All Black trials . |
| 60 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |