Example sentences of "after [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
2 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
3 | After three days ' imprisonment they were convicted of attending an illegal gathering under the terms of Bophuthatswana 's Internal Security Act , fined , and released from custody . |
4 | After ten years ' correspondence they venture to meet . |
5 | After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest . |
6 | After Franco 's death and after 38 years ' absence he returned to Spain in 1977 , at the invitation of Suárez , and was in 1978 appointed president of the Catalonian regional government . |
7 | After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced . |
8 | After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 . |
9 | The spring day was unseasonably warm , and after two hour 's tuition she went into the clubhouse . |
10 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
11 | After last year 's success he has appeared on TV and radio all over the world and has been signed up by three advertising agencies . |
12 | I told them in the club bar that it was all down to my carefully structured pre-season training programme , but after last season 's relegation I have n't been near the ground since April ! |