Example sentences of "[vb pp] after the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The irony is that the town hall was one of the alternative venues considered after the Opera House was wrecked , but the hall was already booked . |
| 2 | More than 600 people were evacuated from their homes in Norfolk and eight bungalows collapsed after the sea washed away their foundations . |
| 3 | The £3 million trial collapsed after the prosecution said Mr Clark 's evidence was not consistent with earlier statements and the charges could no longer be sustained . |
| 4 | Fisons ' share price dropped after the FDA allegations were made public . |
| 5 | ( The only other case in this category where the charges were dropped or the defendants acquitted involved a 47-year-old police sergeant accused of having unlawful sex with his babysitter , but the charges were dropped after the prosecution heard that the pair were now married . ) |
| 6 | An emergency EC summit was called for Aug. 23 , but was cancelled after the coup collapsed . |
| 7 | They were attacked after the bear broke free from its cage in central Moscow . |
| 8 | In fact , one of the SARFU 's disciplinary officials , Hennie Erasmus , resigned after the decision to acquit was made . |
| 9 | Thomas and Lansbury , however , lacked both imagination and thrust ; and Mosley , who did produce a Keynesian scheme of public works , resigned after the Cabinet had rejected it as impracticable . |
| 10 | The economic spokesman , Alex Neil , the industry spokesman , Roger Mullin , and the transport spokesman , Kenny MacAskill , resigned after the party leadership won a critical vote of confidence by just two votes — 13 votes to 11 with two members abstaining — over the controversial decision of the three SNP MPs to vote with the Government on the Maastricht Bill last week . |
| 11 | The lateral membrane/intercellular space staining , however , has vanished after the instillation is terminated . |
| 12 | They were trapped after the blaze broke out in a downstairs living room . |
| 13 | At one time the abbot 's vineyards stretched all the way to the River Severn , from beneath the castle walls where 98 corpses hung after the siege of Shrewsbury described in One Corpse Too Many . |
| 14 | The 12-hour curfew imposed after the coup attempt was extended to 18 hours on July 30 , but the chaos continued as rampaging gangs clashed with vigilantes and police amid burnt out shops and warehouses . |
| 15 | He should therefore have listened to representations made after the Act received the Royal Assent but before he actually exercised his discretion . |
| 16 | If the new investment is only made after the sale proceeds are realised , the total delay could be up to three weeks . |
| 17 | A decision on Cruising Altitude 's participation in the Bula Hurdle will be made after the trainer has spoken to the jockeys at today 's meeting . |
| 18 | A decision on Cruising Altitude 's participation in the Bula Hurdle will be made after the trainer has spoken to the jockeys at today 's meeting . |
| 19 | In a winding-up by the court , any disposition of the company 's property and any transfer of shares , or alteration in the status of the company 's members , made after the commencement of the winding-up is , unless the court otherwise orders , void . |
| 20 | THE kidnapping of one of Ireland 's top racing donkeys is suspected after the animal vanished from a field . |
| 21 | And when they 'd separated after the cash had run out , his mother had coped ; Stuart 's father had gone abroad , eventually they 'd lost touch . |
| 22 | Ministers have told police chiefs they want a tighter control on informants following the bungled Special Branch operation at Brixton jail which was uncovered after the escape of IRA suspects Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McCauley last summer . |
| 23 | Lyclear , a new cream rinse applied after the hair had been shampooed , will kill both headlice and their eggs in just ten minutes , if used correctly . |
| 24 | At Wormleighton , studied in great detail by Professor Harry Thorpe , the fishponds must have been built after the village had been abandoned , as they overlie the village street . |
| 25 | Soho 's Timothy Brinkhurst told NME the song was written after the band became privy to information concerning the alleged infidelity of a leading politician , unnamed on the track for legal reasons . |
| 26 | In the former case the problem is rather how to reward the manager for effort , the effect of which continues to be felt after the manager has left ( Finsinger and Vogelsang , 1985 ; see also Tam , 1985 ) . |
| 27 | Mr Peter Prescott QC told a packed London court that Silvertone had taken a ‘ big risk ’ signing the band in 1988 and that attempts to poach them had only occurred after the label had played its part in engineering their success . |
| 28 | In contrast , off-line handwriting recognition is performed after the writing is completed , and involves aspects of computer vision via an optical scanner to convert the image of the writing into a bit pattern . |
| 29 | He had fallen in soft , lush ground , still waterlogged after the flood had somewhat subsided , and he came to his feet whole and angry . |
| 30 | The more detailed and final the design is before tender , the fewer the changes to the design which may be needed after the contract has been awarded . |