Example sentences of "after [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clothes and textiles giant Courtaulds Textiles spun annual pretax profits of £42.2m last year , up from £40.3m , after weathering the worst effects of the recession . |
| 2 | Twice round the block after gettin' the little ones to school . ’ |
| 3 | After driving a few miles along what seemed an endless avenue of poplars we crossed the Taro , at this time of year a dry riverbed , by a long bridge with marble statues of reclining river gods and goddesses at either end . |
| 4 | It is believed the woman teacher was attacked after keeping the two boys in detention . |
| 5 | After swimming a few lengths of the pool , she turned and floated on her back , enjoying the warmth of the sun on her half-submerged body , listening to the splashing of the other swimmers , their laughing voices , the harsh cries of magpies in the nearby forest , the occasional insect droning past . |
| 6 | After escorting the two boys to the Titcombes ' , Benning and Sparkes began their search . |
| 7 | After intoning the usual statements about the harm done to the nation 's security , the judge sentenced Blake to a total of 42 years ' imprisonment . |
| 8 | Who broke into your house in the middle of the night and , after paying the usual compliments to your stereo , got on with the job of pouring scorn on your most cherished convictions ? |
| 9 | In 1936 , Bertrand Russell , after rehearsing the expected consequences of a new war , posed the question : ‘ Can we imagine any great modern war which would do more good than harm ? ’ |
| 10 | After removing the yellow residues with a solvent , Crone mixed them with dimethyl sulphoxide and painted shaved mice with doses of 5 , 10 and 25 micrograms . |
| 11 | The doctor had finished , and , after removing the old newspapers from under Sarah , covered her up . |
| 12 | After considering the broad characteristics of the style concerned , each book goes on to discuss its manifestations in the architectural shell , followed by chapters on technical aspects such as fixtures and fittings , joinery , plasterwork , colours and coverings . |
| 13 | After attending the famous schools in Athens , Bladud . |
| 14 | Some spread after the last glaciations , others have been there longer after surviving the glacial periods in ice-free refugia ( Lindsey , 1981 ) . |
| 15 | On the 23rd , however , even after percolating the softening filters of G.Q.G. the reports sounded so bad that Joffre was persuaded to dispatch his Assistant Chief of Staff , Colonel Claudel , to Verdun to make an on-the-spot report . |
| 16 | The first time I get on , it is often after spending a few hours with them , and I kinda transfer over from the stable door to their backs . ’ |
| 17 | After spending a few days at Snaefellsness , our final goal was the fabulous Lake Mývatn . |
| 18 | But after joining the Veteran ranks in August , Wheway has not disappointed his public . |
| 19 | I come after finishing the domestic chores at home which is not far off . |
| 20 | In the library context it should be possible to go further than the catalogue to establish relevance , i.e. , to go beyond the question put to the catalogue and include the user 's relevance judgements after examining the actual documents on the shelves . |
| 21 | After reaching the desired revs by using the foot throttle , the driver then pushes the centre button . |
| 22 | After hearing the two women for a while , Mayor John Church summoned the Looe town constable , at which each woman presumed the other was to be suitably punished for her infamy . |
| 23 | After studying the detailed entries in the parish registers of a group of farming settlements in the Vale of York from 1777 onwards , Dr B. A. Holderness has concluded that , ‘ The picture which emerges is of village communities refreshed by an influx from similar settlements lying at a comparatively short distance away . ’ |
| 24 | Even if Nicu was intended to be their ultimate successor , he was not allowed to appear as dauphin , particularly not after making the critical remarks to his father about the economic problems and social conditions in Sibiu . |
| 25 | After winning a million pounds in the pools a man was interviewed by a television reporter . |
| 26 | After winning the presidential elections in December 1989 , President-elect Aylwin in January 1990 named the Cabinet which would take office in March [ see p. 37183 ] . |
| 27 | Pointing the mortar joints had to be done long after laying the last blocks of the day , as the concrete absorbs very little moisture . |
| 28 | The Iranian Oil Ministry was reported in late October to have adopted an aggressive policy on crude oil production and prices after rejecting a 3,200,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) quota which the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) had sought to impose on Iran at its meeting in September [ see p. 39120 ] ; the Middle East Economic Digest on Oct. 30 quoted the Oil Minister , Gholamreza Agazadeh , as saying that Iranian output during October would average 3,800,000 bpd , but as denying that Iran was seeking to destabilize the international market . |
| 29 | After exchanging a few words with him , she went in search of Lawler . |
| 30 | After exchanging a few words with him , she led him off into a corner . |