Example sentences of "[noun prp] after a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming back to the place drunk , especially when he could n't find the light switch , was horrendous ; he would wake to a sight like Manhattan after a severe earthquake . |
| 2 | The body of a young climber has been found in the Scottish Highlands after a three day search . |
| 3 | She is now expected to leave the Highlands after a miserable break . |
| 4 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 5 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 6 | On May 14 , an emergency session of the Supreme Soviet blamed acting President Mamedov for recent setbacks and reinstated ex-President Ayaz Mutalibov , ousted in March after an earlier military defeat [ see p. 38827 ] . |
| 7 | Greenly died in Bangor after a brief illness 4 March 1951 . |
| 8 | But as they approached Kingsbere after a long and tiring day 's journey , a man came to tell them there were no rooms available . |
| 9 | In Spain Real Madrid now lead on goal difference from Atletico Madrid and Sevilla after a 4-1 win over Cadiz , Hugo Sanchez scoring two and Bernd Schuster one . |
| 10 | The England captain , who had an outstanding match , is eventually halted by Aherne after a powerful midfield burst — but not before Geoghegan and Matthews are sucked in … |
| 11 | Doctors had decided to carry out a forceps delivery on her mother 15 year old Sally Taylor after a long labour . |
| 12 | The Liberals apparently entered into secret negotiations with both parties , a surprising development given that their leader , Economic Affairs Minister Itzhak Moda'i , had in 1986 resigned from a Cabinet headed by Peres after an acrimonious personal feud [ see p. 34770 ] ; Moda'i was also a noted supporter of leading hardliner Ariel Sharon . |
| 13 | Mary and Noel Redpath from East Belfast lost their son Gary after a long illness one month before Brian 's horrific murder in 1973 . |
| 14 | ‘ Whenever we came back to Woodbrook after a long absence , the servants would always have a fire and a meal ready to greet us , ’ Phoebe 's sister Antoinette once told me . |
| 15 | He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director . |
| 16 | Since then the district rate had risen steadily ; so too had rents , responsibility for which was laid firmly at the door of landlords and hence the Alliance : –Tote Labour and keep out Alliance landlords ' , concluded E Reed after a brief analysis of increases in rents ( Election leaflet 1920 ) . |
| 17 | BCU Director Trevor Bailey was drowned on the regatta course at Holme Pierrepont after a capsize from a double kayak prior to the rafting meeting on Sep 14th . |
| 18 | Although you might not know it , some of modern popular music 's most cherished players have just returned to the States after a dismal British tour . |
| 19 | Exactly a month earlier , a ship had docked at Falmouth after a five-year voyage surveying for His Majesty 's Government . |
| 20 | Slaven welcomed the return of Willie Falconer after a five-month absence through injury . |
| 21 | Barnton lie only two points behind Mobberley after a convincing win at Knutsford . |
| 22 | Brian and Deborah Curley had expected champagne and flowers when they arrived at the four star hotel on the island of Tenerife after a perfect wedding . |
| 23 | AFTER an early penalty setback , Armagh responded when they scored a tremendous try through Tim Scott after an initial decisive break by left-winger Alex Graham . |
| 24 | On July 9 , 24 people were detained in Milan , Turin , Rome and in the region of Calabria after an official inquiry led by High Commissioner Domenico de Sica concluded that around L15,000 million had been laundered annually through a regional bank , the Banco Populare di Scilla . |
| 25 | I remember two summers ago crossing the Dales with a backpack and camping at Malham after a glorious hot day 's walking from Horton over Pen-y-ghent and Fountains Fell . |
| 26 | Vadgama emerged from hospital in Marseilles after a complicated facial operation ; he had a bone transplant in his nose and cheek and his brown skin was marked with the fresh scars . |
| 27 | Pascoe is back on Wearside after a four-month loan spell with Swansea and Roker No 2 Ferguson said : ‘ He should be bashing on the door to get into this side . |
| 28 | Chris Bonington and yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston sailed into St. Katherine 's Dock , London , in mid-September after an eight-week trip to Greenland . |
| 29 | The race had come together near Orrell after an 80 mile breakaway by Australia 's Grant Rice and Holland 's Marc Lotz . |
| 30 | Early in the final round last year , no less an authority than Jack Nicklaus tipped Montgomerie after a final round of 70 . |