Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] after a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increase had been won only after a long struggle . |
| 2 | Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence . |
| 3 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |
| 4 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 5 | Transmission often succeeds only after a long incubation period , which decreases substantially after serial passaging . |
| 6 | Carl had got home after a long day . |
| 7 | The final tally was 41 , with 12 reported for possible prosecution , six cautioned , and 23 others either talked to or extremely worn out after a long chase . |
| 8 | The final tally was 41 , with 12 reported for possible prosecution , six cautioned , and 23 others either talked to or extremely worn out after a long chase . |
| 9 | President Vieira on Nov. 6 returned abruptly after a long period abroad , during which time he had received medical treatment and visited the United States and Taiwan . |
| 10 | I feel like I 've just woken up after a long dream ; ’ |
| 11 | Tonight , wherever she looked she saw herself reflected and transformed , her face shining as though she had quite suddenly woken up after a long sleep , filled with lovely dreams . |
| 12 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 13 | The relationship between birth interval and frequency of still births seems to resemble " U " or " J " shaped curves , inasmuch as the still birth ratio is very high if the preceding birth interval is short ( less than a year ) and decreases after one completed year up to a five year interval but , if the next birth follows only after a longer interval , the chance that it will result in a stillborn baby increases again . |
| 14 | He did so after a long consultation with the Prime Minister . |
| 15 | Nick Brown was cleared of drugs charges in Goa , but has only just been allowed home after a long campaign by his mother . |
| 16 | Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) offer as justification for this assumption the suggestion that ‘ important ’ memories retain the ability to be retrieved even after a long retention interval whereas less important memories do not . |
| 17 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ It was so untimely , ’ the Commander said passionately after a long silence , ‘ so very untimely . ’ |
| 19 | Notts went ahead when Mike Simpson volleyed home after a long throw-in . |
| 20 | When Sombro comes home after a long excursion , he 's usually very thin , in poor shape and a bit battered and bruised . |