Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] after an " in BNC.
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| 1 | If permission were given after an application to the planning committee , the monument would be erected east of the Nelson monument above the former Royal High School building , which would have housed a Scottish parliament if the Conservatives had lost the general election last April . |
| 2 | Gray and his assistant Tony McAndrew were dismissed after an 8am board meeting yesterday . |
| 3 | The two finalists were picked after an on-the-water assessment last weekend at Rutland Water , where , in dull , cold and unchallenging conditions , eight boats were put through their light-weather paces round the buoys on Europe 's largest man-made lake . |
| 4 | Reporting restrictions were lifted after an appeal by Ashworth 's solicitor , Colette Crowley , for witnesses to come forward . |
| 5 | On Aug. 28 two of the group were injured after an attack in Mogadishu in which three local guards were apparently killed . |
| 6 | Three people died and fourteen were injured after an explosion at a chemical works in West Yorkshire . |
| 7 | Venous blood samples were collected after an overnight fast and the serum was immediately separated and stored at -20°C until analysed . |
| 8 | The report says that many safety improvements were made after an investigation into plutonium contamination in 1978 , but that many of the study 's recommendations have still not been implemented . |
| 9 | However , our experiments were performed after an overnight fast ( 16 hours ) , and influences derived from the presence of traces of food within the duodenal lumen can be excluded . |
| 10 | The 19 , charged with riot , violent disorder and conspiracy , were arrested after an investigation into football violence between September 1989 and October 1990 . |
| 11 | Collections were commenced after an initial 45 minute equilibration period during which the oesophagus and stomach were perfused and aspirates discarded . |
| 12 | Reports on Aug. 2 said that hundreds of people were killed after an explosion at an arms depot in Kabul thought to have been triggered by rockets fired by mujaheddin . |
| 13 | Twenty five normal subjects ( mean age 24 years , range 20 to 38 years ; 20 men ) were studied after an overnight fast of at least 10 hours . |
| 14 | It was made clear to a friend of mine who was dying that he was not wanted on the ward , not through words but by the minimum care he was given after an unsuccessful operation and the refusal of any doctor to speak to him . |
| 15 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 16 | But he was n't the sort to have actually read The Alchemist and probably thought his street was named after an American President . |
| 17 | Yellowstone was threatened in 1883–4 by a plan to allow mining , but the park was saved after an intense debate . |
| 18 | Mr Newton was shot after an incident in which he slapped Clifford 's wife . |
| 19 | That was abolished after an outcry from conservationists . |
| 20 | Monservate was demolished after an outbreak of bubonic plague , an unusual fate for a station . |
| 21 | A Cleveland Post Office was closed after an asbestos scare . |
| 22 | The same result was reached after an independent exercise of discretion by Ralph Gibson L.J . |
| 23 | The ban , effective from October , was introduced after an incident in which the water discharged by a British coaster into Amsterdam harbour was found to contain high levels of heavy metals and other pollutants . |
| 24 | A package containing what 's now known to have been a bomb was discovered hidden under a shelf in the Reject Shop in Cornmarket= It was found after an extensive search by sniffer dogs and army bomb disposal experts . |
| 25 | The property was found after an investigation into house burglaries in Cleveland and North Yorkshire . |
| 26 | Luckily for Jack , Raynham , who Jack knew from his Brooklands days , was grounded after an accident . |
| 27 | He was arrested after an incident at a restaurant in Torquay , Devon . |
| 28 | Sources said that this decision was taken after an agreement between Hezbollah and Amal guerrillas , the Lebanese army , and Syrian forces . |
| 29 | Serum was obtained after an overnight fast , and was stored at -20°C until analysed . |