Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] after the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stories each picture told varied from the tragic to the hilarious : The expensive oil landscape which had had seagulls drawn on to the sky in ballpoint pen ; the ancient Highland cattle picture , swopped for food after the First World War by a travelling artist . |
| 2 | A veteran local government leader in Coventry who went into city politics from the car factories where he was a militant shop steward , remembers an attempt to communicate with electors after the Second World War : |
| 3 | The writings of the rabbis repeatedly maintain that the Holy spirit departed from Israel after the last of the prophets , Haggai , Zechariah and Malachi ( e.g. T. Sota 13:2 ) . |
| 4 | Maidstone explained that he had first come to Italy after the First World War . |
| 5 | MARTIN Bormann , one of Adolf Hitler 's top aides who dropped from sight after the Second World War , died of stomach cancer in Paraguay in 1959 , according to a confidential police report published in Asuncion yesterday . |
| 6 | These had expanded in intensity after the First World War , with extensive housing development in the areas served . |
| 7 | Five hundred people were employed by the company in the mid-nineteenth century , but after various changes in ownership , the Coalport business was moved to Staffordshire after the First World War , though the name was retained and the firm continued to prosper . |
| 8 | She and her husband moved to Essex after the first of the three children was born , and have stayed in the same house since , Mary busying herself with a multitude of activities locally , and now caring for her husband since his stroke . |
| 9 | The only expatriate survivor from the old days was Sophie , a Pole whose family had lost all their property when the Communists came to power after the Second World War . |
| 10 | He came to Stamford after the First World War and lived in the town during the 1920s at no. 20 St. George 's Square . |
| 11 | Community education , which may have been encouraged by the homely style for school building adopted by architects after the Second World War , became the ‘ buzz ’ phrase of the 1960s . |
| 12 | Apparently a lot of ammunition was buried around airfields after the Second World War . |
| 13 | Mrs Thatcher suggested that ‘ had America stayed in Europe after the first world war and we had a Nato then , I do not believe we would have had a second world war . |
| 14 | The other half of it lies in mobilising party and public support sufficiently strongly to leave Mrs Thatcher with no choice but to readmit him to the Cabinet if the Tories do return to office after the next election . |
| 15 | Iron pills are sometimes given in pregnancy after the 14th week to prevent anaemia . |
| 16 | Finch asked from bed after the first morning , trying not to sound too alert . |
| 17 | The Act allowed couples to petition for divorce after the first anniversary of their marriage , instead of after three years as had been upheld previously . |
| 18 | Nurse Valerie Roper said she had spoken to Allitt after the first two or three arrests at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital and mentioned that she had been present on each occasion . |
| 19 | Hooks are found on segments after the second branching but they do not form complete rings until beyond the third or fourth branch ; in juvenile specimens the rings may appear after the second branch . |
| 20 | For some reason , this shortened form fell into disuse after the Second World War and the more affectionate ‘ moggie ! ’ returned as the popular term for the ordinary , common-or-garden cat . |
| 21 | It seems that the tradition of working in the woodlands in this country went into decline after the First World War , when most of the skilled labour did not return . |
| 22 | The panels were commissioned by James A. de Rothschild for his London house in St James 's Place when he and his wife came to live in England after the First World War . |
| 23 | Tonight he 'll recite extracts from the work of American writers who went to Paris after the first world war . |
| 24 | As can be seen in Table 1 , throughout this century there has been a large decline in private renting , and a corresponding increase in owner-occupation and council housing , which began to get under way after the First World War . |
| 25 | For the other metals there was little further decrease in contamination after the third collection . |
| 26 | Theirs is a distinctive type of cut-price retailing that emerged in Germany after the second world war and is subtly different from its American cousin . |
| 27 | It culminated in the clean-up of the industry inaugurated by nationalisation after the Second World War . |
| 28 | Even if you do n't continue with breastfeeding after the first few days , giving your baby colostrum ( the fluid produced by the breasts immediately after the birth ) has major benefits and is obviously better than not breastfeeding at all . |
| 29 | On average you get a maximum of £60 — £100 , paid in instalments after the first 12 hours ' delay . |
| 30 | He 'll read extracts from the works of American writers who travelled to Paris after the first world war . |