Example sentences of "[adv] after a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can buy me a bodystocking if you like , ’ Bryony went on after a pause . |
| 2 | PEOPLE 'S champion Gwen Lamb is battling on after a setback in her efforts to recoup £30,000 she lost in a bank crash . |
| 3 | ‘ The days of signing £30,000 or £40,000 players who move on after a year are over . |
| 4 | ‘ And the château had become anathema to him , ’ she went on after a moment . |
| 5 | ‘ No , cara , ’ he went on after a moment , ‘ a Taurus man is n't the right mate for you . ’ |
| 6 | At a show in a dilapidated disco in Barrow-in-Furness , I went on after a community pantomime , in which the wicked witch — a local Labour councillor — was booed off by trade unionists involved in industrial action . |
| 7 | The aromatic waters can be used in the same way as commercial products — splashed on after a bath or shower . |
| 8 | So if you 're knitting with any lights other than the basic , you have to reset the machine when turning the machine on after a break . |
| 9 | he told them he 'd stopped in the fast lane instead of moving to the hard shoulder because he did n't want to ruin his tyre by driving on after a puncture . |
| 10 | Please note that we have arranged a special performance on Saturday at 5.00 pm — to help our patrons who wish to come on after a matinee , and/or go on to another evening performance . |
| 11 | ‘ But on the other hand , ’ Emily went on after a wait , ‘ the girl also said to me suddenly one day , when I thought she was trying to read back dictation , ‘ I ca n't get through the spring without a man . ’ |
| 12 | The areas you need to work on after a marathon are the hamstrings , the quads and the hips . |
| 13 | Woking keeper Laurence Batty played on after a clash of heads with striker Kurt Nogan , but was sent for hospital tests after the game . |
| 14 | And eventually after a period of time that ins outer insulation will wear down , it will fray and it will break and it will expose the live and the neutral wires until , unfortunately sometimes , it will be a little bit too late . |
| 15 | Do they see erm , if , if they migrate to the city in the urban areas then they realize they wo n't get a job , and have a job straight away , er well paying job but by actually living in the area they would and taking in at a job and they get a lot of contacts and then eventually after a period of time they job . |
| 16 | 3.4 Thereby after a regrading to GS3 and replacing NEw Technology Allowance with a PErsonal Allowance staff would suffer the following consequences . |
| 17 | Your feet are probably the parts of your anatomy that will suffer most after a marathon — so we were particularly keen to hear what she had to say . |
| 18 | American reports say that the Pershing II , which is only a stretched , possibly over-stretched , Pershing I , has only once been fired successfully after a number of failures , and that over a shorter distance than will be required . |
| 19 | He also enjoyed luxuriating a little after a meal , and at such moments he seemed all the more benign and at peace even with himself . |
| 20 | ‘ There 's Briar Cottage , ’ Joan said uneasily after a moment 's consideration . |
| 21 | ‘ I think I should like a change , ’ she said slowly after a moment . |
| 22 | MADRID — A distraught blind man , Manuel Eulogio Suarez , cornered his three tiny children in their flat in Vigo , north-west Spain and tossed them over the sixth-floor balcony , apparently after a row with his estranged wife . |
| 23 | While I am not suggesting that you immediately dismantle an arrangement of flowers , perhaps after a day or two you could carefully remove a leaf or two , and a few flowers . |
| 24 | Perhaps after a night 's sleep he 'll be okay ? |
| 25 | With Kosovo and Vojvodina under his belt and Montenegro to come ( perhaps after a referendum there leading to that republic 's formal incorporation into Serbia ) , he could have a respectable country to run . |
| 26 | Only then may the supplier 's product be classified as satisfactory , and , perhaps after a number of years of further product tests have elapsed , the supplier may be added to the list of recognised contractors . |
| 27 | Adapting to higher education , perhaps after a gap in formal education , can lead to special needs for advice and support . |
| 28 | Adapting to higher education , perhaps after a gap in formal education , can lead to special needs for advice and support . |
| 29 | Portsmouth and Gosport between them , he estimated , were protected by only 1000 men and under the right conditions , perhaps after a gale , when few ships were at anchor there , Hamilton believed it might be possible to gain control of Spithead and get men ashore both on the Isle of Wight and at Stokes Bay , on the seaward side of Gosport , and Spit Bank . |
| 30 | If you waited long enough after a game at Oakwell , you could travel home on the same bus as your hero . |