Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] after [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Not the least fascinating aspect of the story , which broke the day after France 's quarter final defeat by Switzerland — and barely three months after the memorable celebrations which had accompanied their winning of the trophy for the first time in 59 years — was that although Noah 's decision was said to have been known to his players and coaches several weeks earlier , no-one apparently bothered to tell French Tennis president , Philippe Chatrier .
2 Twenty two months after the first signs of bowel symptoms , 20 months after the first complaint of knee pain , and 14 months after finishing steroid treatment both knees were clinically normal .
3 Islington appointed a foster mother , Margery Thiman , to carry out the independent inquiry in February — more than two months after the original complaints .
4 These three periods are the second quarter of the eighteenth century , the two decades after the Napoleonic Wars , and the so-called Great Depression of the late Victorian period .
5 Two days after the two men returned from Germany , the SS officer pulled her aside in the officers ' mess .
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