Example sentences of "[vb infin] after [art] first " in BNC.

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1 Depression and loneliness will descend after the first few days of nervous euphoria .
2 If the individual can always predict what will happen after the first drink then he or she is probably not alcoholic and may have no need of a 12 Step recovery programme and therefore can not be said to relapse if occasionally he or she gets drunk .
3 And yet the staff , if they did n't leave after the first month , stayed for ever .
4 However , I imagined that the praise I received that night was merely to be a preview of the steaming sauna of appreciation that I 'd receive after the first night .
5 ‘ I did n't listen after the first few words , ’ said Cyril , ‘ because it was so stupid . ’
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