Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] after [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case , however , moved to trial only after Mr Garcia himself proposed the use of military courts against guerrilla suspects , because of their alleged greater efficiency . |
| 2 | Poor Elsie had died of the whooping cough just after Harry had gone to America , so now there was only Edna at home in the daytime to help her mother . |
| 3 | She peers into it , but sees only herself , looking shell-shocked , and the room behind her , resembling a Wild West saloon just after Jack Palance has thrown Elisha Cook Jr through the plate-glass window . |
| 4 | Bodie had arrived in the hotel lobby just after Lin Foh had left his room . |
| 5 | He had been killed in the war shortly after Sara was born . |
| 6 | She also added , without being asked , that Annunciata was not , in Pen 's opinion , found to be a substitute for his Lily and that the maid had fallen ill with fever soon after Wilson left and had been useless to anyone . |
| 7 | Norwich proceeded to stage a spirited rally and Seaman 's goal came under intense pressure before Norwich defender Butterworth scored his first goal of the season when he forced the ball home after Beckford 's shot had been blocked . |
| 8 | All these demonstrations of rulership had an afterlife long after Charles himself had gone . |
| 9 | Among the painted sculptures from the first decade of his activity as an abstract artist are ‘ Midday ’ ( 1960 , MOMA , New York ) , ) , ‘ Prairie ’ ( 1967 , NGA , Washington ) and ‘ Early One Morning ’ ( 1962 ) which the Tate Gallery was persuaded to loan only after Caro had agreed to supervise its restoration at the end of the exhibition . |
| 10 | It had appeared in the garden of the villa one morning soon after Nour had returned for the holidays . |
| 11 | The pains had begun while she was in the flat one morning soon after Brian had left for the hospital . |
| 12 | In the two days since the men had been gone the girls had become close friends , beginning from the moment Joanna had knocked timidly on the solar door soon after Guy had left . |
| 13 | Continue along the river and cross over the footbridge just after Gudham Gill flows into the River Nent . |
| 14 | The Republic of Ireland star became the most expensive full-back ever after Wimbledon owner Hammam finally received his asking price . |
| 15 | Bond took over at Turf Moor shortly after Burnley had been relegated to the old Third Division . |
| 16 | The Palace had been unable to fill the outside-left berth adequately after George Clarke 's long reign had come to an end , but there was no doubt in any supporter 's minds that a worthy successor had at last been found when Bob Bigg made his Palace debut . |
| 17 | It acquired its fanatical anti-semitism only after Arnold Leese became its guiding spirit in 1930 . |
| 18 | Its Baltic squadron , always the most important part of it , began to take shape only after Russia had acquired a foothold on that sea in 1703 . |
| 19 | REUNITED : The couple soon after John was freed |
| 20 | Hetty had left the shop to work in an ordnance factory soon after Sarah returned , and now to add to the misery of the two girls , Mabel went to train as an auxiliary nurse and Mrs Dyson 's sister came to take charge of the shop . |
| 21 | Mark Henderson , 21 , of Southfield Road , Middlesbrough , was put on a two year probation order yesterday after Teesside Crown Court heard details of his part in a high speed chase . |
| 22 | RAY WILKINS knows old club Manchester United will be all out for revenge today after Queens Park Rangers effectively cost them the title last year . |
| 23 | AN IRISHMAN who sold his family furniture for £600 was counting the cost today after Christie 's this week auctioned the same furniture for £230,000 . |
| 24 | He resigned as group chief executive to join Capital House shortly after Lord Stevens , who is retiring as chairman at the next annual meeting , became a shareholder . |