Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] after a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it is known that between one third and one half of mentally handicapped people currently resident in mental handicap hospitals should not be in hospital and could be either immediately discharged or discharged after a short period of training . |
| 2 | On July 4 , 400 people were reported killed or wounded after a massive explosion aimed at police headquarters in the northern oil city of Kirkuk . |
| 3 | Many people even find themselves losing concentration or sleep after a bag-snatching incident . |
| 4 | When a Vet first takes up running — or resumes after a long lay-off — he or she can count on one thing : several years of improvement . |
| 5 | The satisfaction may be deflected or inhibited after a certain degree of it has been obtained , and then Freud speaks of ‘ instincts which are inhibited in respect of their aim ’ . |
| 6 | In the British test-tube baby programme , viable embryos are either implanted or destroyed after a few days . |
| 7 | Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies . ’ |
| 8 | Gall bladders that contracted after a fatty stimulus were preferred , as previous experience suggests that stasis is likely to lead to recurrent stone formation . |
| 9 | An even more revealing way to consider the changes in the popularity of divorce would be to look at the proportion of each marriage cohort that divorces after a particular period of time . |
| 10 | You can actually feel that there is a grimy , slimy layer that disappears after a little rubbing leaving a soft slightly oily feel to the skin . |
| 11 | Five per cent complained of diarrhoea that resolved after a slight reduction of the bile acid medication . |
| 12 | Brother Winfrid , big and young and wholesome , was leaning on his spade at the edge of the vegetable patch beyond , and gazing after a diminutive figure that was just scuttling away round the corner of the box hedge towards the great court . |
| 13 | There are numerous picturesque villages , ruined abbeys , and historic houses within easy driving distance , including Sledmere House which was built in the 1750s and rebuilt after a devastating fire , using the original plans , in 1911 . |
| 14 | Founded in 1637 and rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824 . |
| 15 | resolve and spirit after a few days without a bath , a week without a change of clothes . |
| 16 | Looking pink and refreshed after a short break , Mr Smith strode into the pokey committee rooms to a rabble-rousing welcome . |
| 17 | The diagnosis was complicated as four days earlier a 14 year old boy from the same school had collapsed and died after a short illness of severe diarrhoea , which proved to be due to a fatal Salmonella enteritidis infection . |
| 18 | On the other hand , next-door-neighbour Ghana has a policy to preserve forest and look after a limited quantity of the forest , and manage it with sustained yield . |
| 19 | Poor appetite , stops feeding and screams after a few minutes |
| 20 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 21 | He blinked and stretched , feeling relaxed and contented after a good night 's sleep , although there was a bitterness at the back of his throat . |
| 22 | It 's very easy for young people to come into politics , full of enthusiasm and full up of get up get up and go and many of them get up and go after a few years . |
| 23 | As originally laid there was also a single line curve from Lower Church Street towards Sutton , but it was rarely used and removed after a few years . |
| 24 | Fructose is inverted in the liver and follows after a brief interval . |
| 25 | " Alfred Osbom Tace , " Stephen corrected him , and said after a little hesitation , " He was my grandfather . " |
| 26 | Its exceptionally shaggy coat , almost yak-like , covers its face as well as its body , and becomes matted and felted after a long winter . |
| 27 | It is much better to get out of bed and return after a short period when you feel more tired . |
| 28 | Here in the great saloon , light and airy with its tall mullioned windows facing north and south , its smart bolection moulding around the panelling and its groaning tables of food , the men would congregate and feast after a long morning 's deer hunting in the park . |
| 29 | But treated after a diverse fashion , |