Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd pulled out of NARCOG after a blazing row with Hurley . |
| 2 | The term does not apply , however , to material ejected after a major impact on Earth and which follows a suborbital path back through the atmosphere to the Earth 's surface . |
| 3 | Hence , the backlash to which so many poor devils have been exposed after a premature elevation to megastardom . |
| 4 | If a patient returns after a prolonged course of antibiotic therapy and is still found to be harbouring the ubiquitous pus cell in the urethra , then it may well be that he has reinfected himself from his , as yet untreated , sexual partner . |
| 5 | I was recently at the funeral of a friend , who had died after a prolonged illness from cancer . |
| 6 | Renewed progress was made , after a prolonged period of decline , when Catherine II 's acquisition of the northern coast of the Black Sea initiated a major shipbuilding programme . |
| 7 | Zimbabwe , now independent for a decade after a prolonged war of liberation against a white minority regime , has been primarily concerned to throw off its colonial legacy . |
| 8 | After a heroic week of earth moving , he went down with heatstroke . |
| 9 | CHINA yesterday freed three dissidents — including a student , Wang Dan , who topped the most-wanted list after a 1989 crackdown on democracy protests — in a move to check Western criticism of its human rights record . |
| 10 | After a simple pre-take off litany ( minus the F for flaps ) which should be familiar to any Cessna 150 pilot , the Aircoupe accelerated down Halfpenny Green 's Runway 34 in a formation take-off , becoming airborne in a few hundred feet before I had to throttle back to keep in station with the hard-climbing 172 camera ship . |
| 11 | Others who were present held that the altar could be used again without any reconsecration , after a simple ceremony of reconciliation . |
| 12 | Coleridge was under contract to the Morning Post , and had to spend some time in London ; but in October 1799 he walked in the Lake District with William and John Wordsworth , and after a certain period of indecision arrived at Greta Hall , Keswick , with his wife and family in August 1800 . |
| 13 | The right to buy their home ( after a certain period of tenancy and subject to meeting financial criteria ) . |
| 14 | After a certain period of time denying the cravings for fats and carbohydrates , the mind and body simply rebel . |
| 15 | Every loan should be followed up after a certain period of time . |
| 16 | And after a certain amount of discussion they accepted that point , and we had some very interesting sessions in which they learnt to say things like , ‘ Well the syncrotron is a bit like a racetrack for very small particles which exist in atoms . |
| 17 | After a certain amount of deliberation , I decided to use Form 14 from Volume 22 of the Encyclopaedia for the agreement and Form 29 for the lease . |
| 18 | Some require good manual dexterity , for example , the handling of forceps , the removal of clips and bandaging all require fine movements , and can be learnt only after a certain amount of practice . |
| 19 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
| 20 | After a hearty dish of spaghetti , Bernini cast a bronze of a mastiff searching for truffles . |
| 21 | After a great expansion of HP in the 1920s , particularly for cars and for electrical goods , and then various repossession problems which may have been highlighted by the depression of the thirties , the Hire-Purchase Act 1938 introduced various controls . |
| 22 | He pointed out that , when new products come on the market , they are often treated as great blessings , and it is only after a great deal of experience and use that we learn of their dangers and downsides . |
| 23 | Some pattern of what might be done needed to be worked out , and after a great deal of discussion and searching for funds , we transferred one of the men 's teacher training classes from Kemmendine to a Delta village . |
| 24 | When they meet one another , they gingerly caress each other 's long legs and only after a great deal of hesitation do they come to closer quarters . |
| 25 | It would be a tragedy for the aircraft preservation and restoration movement as a whole if it were all scrapped , and so it is with great sadness that after a great deal of thought they are agreed ( having been partners both in business and as husband and wife ) that the time has come to take life a bit easier and retire from the business . |
| 26 | The spokesman stressed : ‘ This decision was taken after a great deal of thought and heart-searching . |
| 27 | From a slow start in the 1950s , and after a great deal of scepticism , as well as a great deal of research , triticale is now growing on more than half a million hectares , in the USSR , Europe , the United States and South America . |
| 28 | Early in the year , flooding of the road at the northern end of the village had been a grave problem , but after a great deal of pressure on the authorities , the matter had been successfully resolved . |
| 29 | ‘ However after a great deal of consultation with the Historical Monuments Commission and Planning Department , we decided to use it to face the new church , harmonising the old with the new . |
| 30 | in the top flat , they , they were rehoused in a flat in a block of mansion flats and when I came out of the army this was the accommodation I found available , er for me and I objected strongly and after a great deal of fuss erm the Islington Borough Council 's Housing Department found us rooms on the first floor in a Victoria Victorian villa in Penventon Gardens , which erm , were comfortable |