Example sentences of "after [det] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one could believe this had happened to us at Lyneham especially after such a long period of accident-free flying |
| 2 | Norman must have been desperate to win after such a long absence from the winner 's circle , but that does n't account for his alarming collapse over the closing stretch in Canada . |
| 3 | Even after such a long absence from home , Leopold could not bear to waste any opportunity of showing off his brilliant children , so , instead of going straight back to Salzburg , they took a tortuous route through Dijon , Lyons , Switzerland , Donaueschingen and Augsburg to Munich , where Leopold even contemplated extending the trip to Italy . |
| 4 | After such a lousy start in life , and not a penny of the Alderton millions , people often expressed amazement that he was so unchippy . |
| 5 | But I ca n't I find it hard to explain why the after such a good performance against West Ham , But you know , it 's just all over , be saying that about his side second half now wo n't he , because they 've just put one point about a nine , and they 're a good side . |
| 6 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 7 | The likelihood is that after such a short time in Vienna , he will stay on there , if with reduced involvement . |
| 8 | Nor did Egypt , which is after all a long way to the east of Cyrene ( Athens being nearer to Cyrene than is the Nile ) make much impact except in a few points of ritual . |
| 9 | This is after all a major part of a teacher 's role . |
| 10 | It is important , however , that historians should avoid displaying the kind of intellectual condescension which lay behind such contemporary statements ; the weather was after all a major factor in the success or failure of the harvest , and thus for many English men and women at this time was not far short of a life and death issue . |
| 11 | There will be after all a fascist candidate in Darlington in the forthcoming election . ’ |
| 12 | But you will perhaps understand that there was a natural tendency on my part , in asking what was after all a generous favour from my employer , to hint that there was a good professional motive behind my request . |