Example sentences of "that after a [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only ball that seemed to find the pocket was the white , in a bad dream of in-offs and in-withs — plus , from Julian , a world-class in-instead , the cue-ball struck with such prodigious unintentional sidespin that after a deadened impact it ambled on grimly into the corner bag . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’ |
| 3 | A reporter in New York learns from a friend , a gynaecologist , that after a certain date she has no more patients on her books ; others in her profession are in the same boat . |
| 4 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
| 5 | It was followed by a silence so fraught with regret on Luce 's part that after a few seconds she had to admit the truth . |
| 6 | I did n't think that after a few years I would end up doing both ! ’ |
| 7 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
| 8 | James faced such intractable problems that after a few months he nearly quit . |