Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a cursory search the carrier was waved through . |
| 2 | Chepstow is renowned for its soft ground and even two weeks ago after a prolonged drought the going was on the soft side . |
| 3 | A meeting of Leaders and Trustees was held in the Carleton Cafe the following Friday evening , 18 December — they wasted no time — and after a prolonged discussion the decision was taken to build a new church as soon as possible and certainly within the following five years . |
| 4 | So , after a protracted struggle the liberal state — the state of limited participation and limited state activity — was grudgingly democratised . |
| 5 | After a certain time the very sight of the food allowed becomes off-putting and even repellent . |
| 6 | After a certain point the wants which it is intended to satisfy have to be artificially created in the first place by advertising and salesmanship . |
| 7 | After a successful return the crowd again got at the youth and Chapman decided to let him go , ‘ though it meant sacrificing a player who , I was convinced , had exceptional possibilities of development ’ . |
| 8 | After a successful rescue the small party is relentlessly pursued by the Viet Cong , but they are airlifted to safety by helicopters of the Air Cavalry . |
| 9 | According to Radio Moscow 's Interfax , a news service , and Commersant , a magazine of the Union of Co-operatives , after a five-year dither the Soviet Union has at last opted for a Polish-style Big Bang for its economic reform . |
| 10 | After a stagnant half-hour the game sparked into life and Thistle quickly found themselves behind to a Kirk shot from a Davie Cooper cross , and a fine Paul McGrillen strike after magnificent work by Phil O'Donnell on the left . |
| 11 | After a hasty breakfast the diligent shepherds and dogs were put on shore . |
| 12 | After a long while the human put the paper down and reached over to the desk by its side . |
| 13 | After a long descent the shaft widened a little , and the light of their torches showed them the interior of the mine , the southern end of the tunnellings . |
| 14 | After a long siege the castle surrendered and de Montfort 's rebellion was over . ’ |
| 15 | When the laird returns after a long absence the shoals of herring fill the sea-loch outside the castle ; if a woman departs for the islands opposite , the shoals will desert the Macleods . |
| 16 | After a long silence the mother said , ‘ That was a bit of a surprise visit . ’ |
| 17 | After a long time the boy crossed the road and said to Oliver , |
| 18 | After a long time the computer said slowly , ‘ Computer is old . ’ |
| 19 | After a long time the man came in and said , ‘ Mr Evans , please . ’ |
| 20 | After a long time the tears stopped . |
| 21 | After a small platform the upper , much easier , arête can be savoured . |
| 22 | But after a two-year battle the Environment Minister has given his approval . |
| 23 | After a little way the rabbit-hole suddenly went down , deep into the ground . |
| 24 | After a little practice the full statements may be omitted as the mnemonics will ensure that the data is transmitted in the correct sequence . |
| 25 | The point is this , after a general election the party that 's won , it 's share of the vote in the most , in , in the , in the opinion poll taken most immediately after the election it goes up , it 's higher than actually what it gets in the general election . |
| 26 | After a general election the monarch has the formal responsibility to ask the leader of the majority party to form a government . |
| 27 | After a four-year moratorium the IRB is expected to make sweeping changes in the laws at their meeting in Wellington in April , during the NZRU Centenary celebrations . |
| 28 | But after a lengthy investigation the police ruled out foul play . |
| 29 | That excludes the hidden cost of unofficial late starts and days lost through ‘ flu ’ or ‘ food poisoning ’ after a heavy bevvy the night before . |
| 30 | After a night-long blizzard the villagers of Munding woke to find the water-meadows glittering and still , the ford across the lane crusted over . |