Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] after [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 2 | He did n't catch us until the last peak , Creag nan Damh , where a number of ridge-walkers were gathered , basking in the delight of the afternoon and resting on their laurels after a mammoth expedition . |
| 3 | In Gloucestershire a woman was trapped by her legs after a two-car collision on the A 46 at Cleeve Hill near Cheltenham . |
| 4 | With five goals already this season , Drysdale 's barnstorming raids will be a serious threat to Leeds , still licking their wounds after the European Cup disaster against Rangers and Saturday 's 4–0 hiding at Manchester City . |
| 5 | Somerset were healing their wounds after the tempestuous exits of Viv Richards , Joel Garner and Ian Botham . |
| 6 | In addition , there is no guarantee that the assisted emigrants will not return to their communities after a short period . |
| 7 | A person who is quickly back on his or her feet after a serious blow . |
| 8 | Juliet , trying to collect her senses after the unthinkable revelation she 'd overheard on Hunter Ward , shook her head . |
| 9 | But consider the effect of such conversations on the young man of the revolution , listening to his father chatting with their guests after a pleasant meal . |
| 10 | a much higher proportion of conversion students was available to employers because they were less likely to carry on their studies after the Advanced Course ; |
| 11 | ‘ Wales had their problems after a disastrous tour of Australia , but since then they have addressed them and , under Davies , they have worked very hard . ’ |
| 12 | Overnight , as passengers slept soundly in their cabins after a long day ashore , or the more hardy danced and gave in to the temptations of the midnight buffet , the Ocean Empress had weighed anchor and begun to move south again , until , shortly after dawn , the silence of the engines pronounced her arrival in Tenerife off the west coast of Africa . |
| 13 | ‘ I am grateful to all those who fed back their comments after the recent cascade . |
| 14 | The shares have soared in recognition of its prospects after the successful gamble in last year 's Channel 3 licence auctions , when it retained its franchise unopposed with a bid of just £2,000 . |
| 15 | HUSBANDS who complain to their wives after a hard day at work are helping to save their marriage . |
| 16 | More than a decade previously Northern Ireland Office Minister Stanley Orme had made an impassioned plea to civilian workers here not to quit their jobs after a similar murder . |
| 17 | McAllister should be on his knees after a gruelling month at Elland Road . |
| 18 | Adolf Hitler was at a military hospital in Pasewalk in Pomerania , recovering from burns to his eyes after a British gas attack at Ypres , when on 10 November 1918 a pastor brought him news of the armistice . |
| 19 | Mr Paisley said he had taken up an invitation from Miss Boothroyd to raise his concerns after an unsuccessful request by Upper Bann MP David Trimble for an urgent debate in the Commons yesterday . |
| 20 | His dummy was excellent , but there were doubts in the question-and-answer section of the interview , when Pilger thought he detected a certain woodenness in his replies after the initial pitch . |
| 21 | Josslyn introduced co-operatives to Sligo and became the first landlord in Ireland to sell his land to his tenants after the 1903 Land Act . |
| 22 | In 1958 , fifty years after A Room with a View was first published , Forster added an appendix to it in which he described the fate of his characters after the First World War was ended : |
| 23 | INJURED Wayne Fairclough was left for dead by his friends after an horrific van smash . |
| 24 | Sheriff Roger Craik , QC , made the recommendation in his findings after a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a prisoner , William McLeod , in September . |
| 25 | The superb shots were chosen from a sea of entries which flooded into our offices after the Tall Ships ' visit this summer . |
| 26 | Wintertime rolling your shoulders after a fresh haircut because you 're trying to retract your head into your coat because your head 's got goosepimples . |
| 27 | Carlo Centra is also in need of our prayers after a painful bout of illness . |
| 28 | ( UTV , 7pm ) including : from the USA — ‘ Bag Shag ’ the best way to retrieve your balls after a hard round of golf and Athos the Upside Down Man who supports his entire body weight on one rigid digit . |
| 29 | ( UTV , 7pm ) including : from the USA — ‘ Bag Shag ’ the best way to retrieve your balls after a hard round of golf and Athos the Upside Down Man who supports his entire body weight on one rigid digit . |
| 30 | We have to make sure we do n't fall flat on our faces after a great win at West Brom . |