Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] after a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was bold into every fence , but did n't pull , and even managed to canter the little one-stride double ( sited just after a corner and with 24ft between the elements , it was the ideal opportunity ) . |
| 2 | We cross the Blue Ridge Parkway and , just beyond the town of Abingdon , find ourselves travelling on the Trail of the Lonesome Pine itself , which was named not after a Laurel and Hardy song but after the ‘ underground railway ’ route which helped escaping slaves escape before and during the Civil War . |
| 3 | Inescapably , they must retain such things as overall financial control , a determination of the size of a school 's teaching and ancillary staff , and major decisions about buildings , although many conclusions on these matters are reached only after an ebb and flow of consultation and representation . |
| 4 | The old man was paralysed now after a stroke and she supposed that she ought to feel sorry for him lying there in his hospital bed , useless as a felled tree , mouth slavering , only the angry eyes moving in impotent fury from face to watching face . |
| 5 | A MURDER inquiry was launched today after a mother and daughter were found strangled in a house in Carrickfergus . |