Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] after a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day . |
| 2 | The hunt itself moved on after a few minutes , leaving the terrier man to flush out the fox . |
| 3 | All ten residents had been long-term patients in a large psychiatric hospital , were severely disabled and had been discharged only after a lengthy period of active rehabilitation . |
| 4 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 5 | The increase had been won only after a long struggle . |
| 6 | In some places you can find dozens of enrolled trilobites together ; these are the remains of the animals themselves , not the moults , which presumably perished together after a fruitless attempt to protect themselves from a miniature catastrophe such as a sudden influx of sediment . |
| 7 | In contrast to the parties given in his honour , from which Eliot would contrive to slip away after a token attendance , these functions , never too large , were the kind he most enjoyed . |
| 8 | On returning downstairs after a much-needed bath and shampoo , he was wearing his underpants outside his trousers , and an argument ensued as to the inappropriateness of this . |
| 9 | People are more likely to come home after a few drinks , light a cigarette and then fall asleep , often with tragic consequences . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Erm sometimes if he 's been out very very late and I 'm still up and he 's come home after a heavy night drinking . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A ROADSWEEPER driver was fined yesterday after a serious road crash on a busy road . |
| 14 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |
| 15 | Some principles of association that emerge are that solitary hunters feed on prey they can subdue individually which they kill suddenly after a stealthy approach . |
| 16 | prisons , being regarded by most planners and politicians as ‘ non-productive ’ ( short-sighted a view as this may be ) , did not until very recently achieve even token inclusion in a Five Year Plan , and this came only after a lengthy battle by individuals within the Ministries of Home Affairs and Welfare to include a meaningful package for development in the correctional field . |
| 17 | The panel came away after a little while ; he put it on the floor in front of him , and wriggled through on his elbows and knees into the darkness beyond . |
| 18 | ‘ I have seen more truths at the bottom of a wine cup , and learnt more after a good tankard of sack , than any dry-skinned philosopher could teach in some dusty hall ! ’ |
| 19 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 20 | The attendant came back after a few minutes , its little red boots ruffling the hem of its robe . |
| 21 | SHARE prices weakened sharply after a sound start based on the overnight strength of Wall Street and the FT-SE 100-Share Index swung through nearly 40 points . |
| 22 | JASON LIVINGSTON 'S future in athletics will be revealed tomorrow after a last-ditch bid to clear his name in front of leading British officials . |
| 23 | He will be cremated tomorrow after a private funeral service . |
| 24 | ‘ I expect to come out and do well after a two-week break at Christmas . |
| 25 | Its best feature is Creag Meagaidh , 3700 feet , with a nature reserve on its lower slopes ; unfortunately , this giant is out of sight from the road but is seen well after a short climb on a path from Aberarder Farm , worth doing for a view of the craggy east face of the mountain . |
| 26 | THE film came about after a 14-year gap simply because Peter and Gerald were asked — by former Monty Python producer John Goldstone . |
| 27 | Gilford played disappointingly after a bright start . |
| 28 | I even got a job for one of my half-sisters at a place in Lunedale , but she did n't settle to the job like me and wanted to go home after a short while . |
| 29 | Transmission often succeeds only after a long incubation period , which decreases substantially after serial passaging . |
| 30 | It is , however , unlikely that the people fished ; the few fish remains archaeologists found at the site were probably washed ashore after a high tide . |