Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] after the first " in BNC.
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1 | Turner was arrested after the first offence but released on bail and then carried out the second offence . |
2 | The village hall was built after the First World War and serves the community 's needs . |
3 | The clinical diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma was made after the first assessment by the clinician in 13 cases ; four of five cases with carcinoma and nine of 88 without carcinoma giving a sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 90% . |
4 | Ballot results in 32 out of 120 constituencies were annulled after the first round of voting in legislative elections on Sept. 16 ; the second round , scheduled for Sept. 23 , was suspended after the government acknowledged that there had been irregularities at a number of voting centres . |
5 | But although Christine was exhausted after the first six weeks , Anna has brought great joy into their lives . |
6 | Hardly a word was exchanged after the first greeting . |
7 | In contrast , none of the single stones larger than 30 mm was fragmented after the first session . |
8 | In fact , the Empire was dissolved after the First World War into several new nations , though this was probably due as much to the policies of the victorious nation states as to the strength of indigenous nationalist movements . |
9 | The knights engaged in close combat but the jousting was cancelled after the first few contests as the horses were unsure of their footing in the mud and consequently the inept efforts of the knights produced only laughter from the spectators . |