Example sentences of "after [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took the coach , and after thirty-six hours of travelling I got down at Thornfield village , and almost ran across the fields in my hurry to see the well-known house again , and its owner . |
| 2 | She should have told her that after thirty-six years of marriage she 'd discovered her husband was a homosexual , the explanation of everything . |
| 3 | After six weeks in hospital she was allowed back home . |
| 4 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 5 | But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’ |
| 6 | After three months in hospital he returns to the car park , seeks out the girl and gives her another ticket with time left on it . |
| 7 | After 18 months of treatment he was clear of TB and able to complete the immigration procedures . |
| 8 | After 17 years of service it was a humiliating experience . |
| 9 | After many hours of travelling they passed a sign that read ‘ WE 'LL SOON BE AT PRAIL ’ . |
| 10 | After long years of thought we are conditioned to respond to this imperceptible stimulus of beauty , and we see the imagery in the small and insignificant , and feel the sensation of ecstasy that it causes . |
| 11 | I remember Malc 's rum punch days ( rum — and punch anything ) and his Yorkshire lad days ( 14 pints , a black pudding and domino puke ) ; now he 's matured to a steady G. & T. In the absence of Lucozade I order a Coke and Kenneth a beer , and after ten minutes of chat we leave for our appointment , promising to rejoin them later . |
| 12 | Although she stated that after 25 years in government she was keen to seek new challenges , there was widespread speculation that she would resume her political career in 1992 by contesting either the governorship or a Senate seat in her native North Carolina . |
| 13 | Maximilian , however , is desperately hungry for blood , and after 3 rounds of combat he must make a Cl test ( and at 2-round intervals after this until a test is failed ) . |
| 14 | After 50 years of experience we have perfected the art of passenger hospitality on long flights . |
| 15 | After nine months in office he still is uncertain whether to go fast or slow on any issue from the Russians to oil slicks . |
| 16 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 17 | you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah |
| 18 | After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest . |
| 19 | In 1762 , Josiah Wedgwood met Thomas Bentley , a Liverpool merchant , with whom he formed an intimate and lasting friendship ; and after several years of negotiation they signed , in 1769 , a partnership which ended only on Bentley 's death in 1780 . |
| 20 | After twenty years of struggle it seemed less likely to liberate any part of Palestine than it had in 1967 . |
| 21 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |
| 22 | After eighteen years of pain I have decided to leave . |
| 23 | After two rides in company we went out on our own , on a route he had already covered with Paddy . |
| 24 | But he pulled through , and after 14 months in hospital he was finally allowed home . |
| 25 | After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again |
| 26 | Henrietta 's frail constitution could not withstand the rigours of childbirth , however , and after seven years of marriage she died soon after giving birth to their son , John . |