Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this regard we wondered if he had opinions about certain taxonomic questions , after which we listed several problems that were currently being debated by the scientific community . |
| 2 | This led to imprisonment after which he sought greater freedom in America . |
| 3 | He was educated at the Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh , after which he spent two years learning commerce with a London agency house . |
| 4 | In 1868 he began a two-year novitiate at Manresa House , Roehampton , after which he spent three years as seminarian at St Mary 's , Stonyhurst . |
| 5 | Christina then became a self-employed economist-researcher after which she spent four years as the economics research officer for a major political party . |
| 6 | ‘ That half-hearted performance you put on back at the police station wo n't be enough to convince her , not after what she witnessed last night … all your near-hysterical ramblings ! ’ |
| 7 | After what you said last night … |
| 8 | Well there you go Mickey , did you have any money on this one — I bet you did n't after what you said last night ? |
| 9 | Their agreement was bought with concessions to certain aspects of sovereignty about which they had strong feelings . |
| 10 | This last statement should be noticed — he disliked assemblies and places where speeches were made at length and he did not enjoy being a chairman — but he made this single exception , the Convocation of York ; he always gave a presidential address , about which he took much trouble . |
| 11 | In 1891 Salt published a pamphlet on Humanitarianism , a subject on which he frequently lectured , since it embraced all those matters about which he held strong opinions . |
| 12 | In two days of talks in Belgrade on May 30-31 , during which they met federal leaders and all the presidents of the republics , Jacques Delors , President of the EC Commission , and Jacques Santer , the Luxembourg Prime Minister and current chair of the EC Council of Ministers , had confirmed that the EC was ready to help a democratized and reformed Yugoslavia , with unchanged internal and external borders . |
| 13 | It took many months during which they lost potential earnings ; afterwards they were still critical of the union . |
| 14 | Of course I did study quite a bit of Chopin in my early years , and there was a brief ‘ middle period ’ during which I played one recital in Vienna consisting entirely of Chopin Polonaises and Liszt Rhapsodies ! |
| 15 | He did his usual practice stint , during which I endured more jokes from the other caddies and from some of the players about my sudden fame . |
| 16 | Once there he held a much-publicised news conference during which he ridiculed American intelligence and claimed he had been held in captivity by the CIA . |
| 17 | Jack Smith remembers one lecture Minton gave during which he made riveting use of a hip flask , saying ‘ Excuse me one minute ’ as he drank from it . |
| 18 | George helped the Palace to gain promotion from Division Four in his first season at Selhurst Park , during which he made full appearances for us , and he continued as a first-team regular under Dick Graham , to become one of only two men to appear in both the 1961 and 1964 promotion sides . |
| 19 | Pawar began a four-day official visit to the USA on April 8 during which he met key US officials including Defence Secretary Richard Cheney . |
| 20 | Ken was effectively a bishop for some five years , during which he showed great zeal for the teaching of the Catechism and the relief of the poor . |
| 21 | He was prominent in the Co-operative Movement and Party over many years , during which he held various offices . |
| 22 | Soviet President Gorbachev made a historic four-day visit to Japan on April 16-19 , during which he held several sessions of talks with Kaifu . |
| 23 | Jugnauth paid a nine-day visit to India in January 1990 , during which he invited Indian industrialists and investors to increase their presence in Mauritius . |
| 24 | Thankfully , as he demonstrated at the weekend — during which he claimed 91 points from nine tries and 23 conversions — they happen . |
| 25 | Then there had been another science during which she took periodical gulps of her tea and the sleeping baby stirred and gave small pig-like grunts . |
| 26 | Just before she left England for the travels during which she acquired this souvenir , Johnson tore up all her letters in his anger at her marriage with the Italian musician Gabriele Piozzi . |
| 27 | In 1657 in Marlborough she attempted to speak in the church following the service , was attacked , brought before a magistrate , and imprisoned for six weeks , during which she fasted six days . |
| 28 | He established a dummy Swiss company , Lake Resources Inc , through which he laundered vast sums of cash from shady middlemen and arms dealers , right-wing American bigots , and the enormous profits out of the arms ' shipments to the Iranians , who had paid twice the going rate for what they bought . |
| 29 | David Radcliffe , marketing director for Hogg Robinson 's 206 shops , for which they produced this week the latest edition of a four-volume in-house resort hotel guide to 1750 establishments , points out that his chain is already ‘ segmented on tailor-made , seat-only and bed-only markets ’ . |
| 30 | The directors of these films , tourists in working-class cultures for which they felt little sympathy , saw only what they wanted to see . |