Example sentences of "but after " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after slaving over something for ten years , it is rather nice to show it off a bit . |
| 2 | The first few times , the pup gets his food for free to demonstrate to him that people are nice , but after a few treats he has to sit for his stranger and for his supper . |
| 3 | There might be regrets over giving up the novel , but after having been deeply interested in that form for many years ( even to the extent of writing one ) and often teaching courses on the novel , I have come to the conclusion that the pedagogic difficulties involved are extreme . |
| 4 | I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it . |
| 5 | Like many young American composers he studied with Nadia Boulanger , but after 1925 set out to achieve the ‘ discipline of spontaneity ’ which he found in Stein 's writings . |
| 6 | But after 10 years of Tory rule , he had had enough of that approach to politics . |
| 7 | He hoped to surpass Cram 's fastest mile time of the year to remove the last argument against his own selection , but after two laps of inadequate pacing , he was never in prospect . |
| 8 | OIL RICH beats filthy rich every time , but after several years of battling to remain buoyant in the remorseless wake of the Maktoums , Robert Sangster clambered back on to terra firma with his most significant win for a long time in Saturday 's Hoover Fillies ' Mile at Ascot . |
| 9 | At one moment he even seemed to have a small advantage , but after 44 moves a draw was agreed in a level position . |
| 10 | Trevor Francis was as guilty as anyone , but after 26 minutes the Rangers player-manager provided a beautifully weighted cross which Simon Barker headed just wide . |
| 11 | But after a four-month investigation , the State has charged that the methods used were abusive , worthy only of Cruella de Vil , Walt Disney 's Dalmatian-murdering villain . |
| 12 | He too listened closely to the arguments in the morning , but after a pub lunch with his staff , he did not return for the afternoon evidence . |
| 13 | Caps are to be awarded but after two Test defeats in New Zealand Fouroux has had a clearout which brings in four newcomers and creates a largely unfamiliar pack designed to take on Australia next month . |
| 14 | He was apparently found to be running a temperature , but after a long season of competing in the best company , he may be past his best . |
| 15 | If the programme had continued in the vein of Nightwalker , it would have been highly recommendable but after three examples of Hall in earnest , I felt bludgeoned into beating a retreat . |
| 16 | But after that , every joke belly-flops into silence . |
| 17 | ' The initial shock was distressing , but after a night 's sleep , nature 's chemistry had wrought its miracle and Belinda fell completely in love with her daughter . |
| 18 | But after the assassination of the presidential candidate , Luis Carlos Galan , which triggered Mr Barco 's clampdown , Morena was banned . |
| 19 | But after a pause he went on to add , ‘ Except for kids , I hate going to post-mortems for kids ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 21 ) . |
| 20 | It comprised some of the very best of the Black-Earth belt , but after the Revolution it had been trampled over first by the Red Army advancing on Kiev from Kharkov , then by the German 20th Army Corps , and later by ruthless and bloodthirsty ‘ Green ’ armies . |
| 21 | The great bulk of population movement occurred independently of Moscow in the years 1917–22 , but after the end of NEP it was to be strictly enforced , and took place on a vast scale again . |
| 22 | You do n't notice them when you are in the valleys , but after an invigorating climb up Black Ven or the Golden Cap , it is a huge disappointment to be confronted by rank upon rank of square box-shaped caravans . |
| 23 | But after the initial blisters and a bit of breaking in , I 've been fairly impressed with these boots . |
| 24 | His spirits sank , but after trying another non-German ship without success , he remembered being briefed that Rostock was worth trying . |
| 25 | Now near the Dutch frontier , Harry felt it might be an idea to cross from Germany by climbing into a wagon in a marshalling yard , but after a tedious wait when nothing moved he returned to his cycle and was soon in sight of the red and white border posts . |
| 26 | ( But after all he also pegged the cost of the National Health Service at £400 million ! ) |
| 27 | One could imagine a ‘ price pause ’ for a limited time ; but after that — is there something familiar about all this ? — one would have to start discovering which prices ought to rise and which ought to fall to offset them , and this is just what we want a commission to do for us because we pretend that we do n't know how to do it for ourselves . |
| 28 | The show is great , but after a three-hour musical high , it is back down to sandwiches on the bus , trying to find somewhere to eat after 2 a.m. , or getting into the hotel when the night porter has locked up . |
| 29 | Before that I had never known that human beings could do such things to others , but after that I knew . |
| 30 | At first , after their early fights , Phoebe would work on making peace , leave the women to be with him , offer herself in ever more elaborate rituals , but after a while repetition made this boring . |