Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] after [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
| 2 | He admitted : ‘ There was doubt in my mind after the third round and I would have preferred to win by going head to head with Nick Price . |
| 3 | Returning to my seat after the second interval , I had decided that this was a first night which had somehow not ‘ taken off ’ and that all kinds of good intentions had somehow failed to coalesce , though they probably would later in the run . |
| 4 | ‘ It was always my intention after the first two years of trying things out to get a more stable situation after the European Championships . |
| 5 | I was ultimately awarded colours but in my third year lost my place after a sharp attack of influenza which weakened my confidence . |
| 6 | I am 26 and have just lost my virginity after a year-long relationship . |
| 7 | ‘ Now I 've achieved my main priority of getting back my passport after a six-year fight . |
| 8 | As I had to go back to my office after a big luncheon party , I arrived half way through the collection . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , I remember , ’ said my mother after a few minutes . |
| 10 | I remember walking up the hill from school with my mother after an open day , and asking her what class we were ; or rather , I asked her if we were middle class , and she was evasive . |
| 11 | He needed their support after a hard day 's work in often uncomfortable conditions . |
| 12 | The Cabinet appointed in July 1990 [ see p. 37802 ] tendered its resignation after the general election held in January 1991 [ see p. 37948 ] . |
| 13 | The Mazowiecki government had tendered its resignation after the first round of the presidential elections , but parliament had initially refused to accept it . |
| 14 | The Empire reached its zenith after the First World War with the acquisition of former German colonies in Africa and with the addition of League of Nations mandates to govern parts of the old Ottoman Empire in the Middle East — Palestine , Jordan and Iraq . |
| 15 | If she 'd relaxed in her skin after the hot work over the kiln , she had n't flaunted it ; not till that moment , and even then , had she been clothed , the smile might have signified no more than amused affection . |
| 16 | ‘ Tiredness took its toll after a long hard season . ’ |
| 17 | But her guard slipped briefly as she walked back to her limousine after an official visit in London . |
| 18 | The government 's manifesto commitment was to increase benefit in line with prices but this does not guarantee its future after the next election , and presumably any proposals on child benefit would have a long lead-in time . |
| 19 | Richmondshire Rifle and Pistol Club members fear a public backlash against their sport after an armed siege in Darlington . |
| 20 | Sprengel completes its museum after a thirteen year gap |
| 21 | But she was told to tone down her act after the first performance |
| 22 | The nationalist movements and the new nations which made their appearance after the Second World War thus displayed features which distinguish them in some ways from the earlier movements which led to the formation of nation states in Western Europe , because they arose in a very different international context — in a highly developed capitalist world economy , in the aftermath of a division of the world among powerful imperialist nations , and in the midst of political transformations resulting from the growth of the socialist movement . |
| 23 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 24 | As it happened , the death of her husband after a brief period as king of France , and Mary 's failure to find a replacement in the royal houses of France or Spain , forced her back to Scotland . |
| 25 | Eric Ramsdale , Eddie Taylor , David Ramsdale and skip David Joyce had a purple patch from the fifth to 12 end to beat Les Nicholson , Pearl Wright , Mort Mooney and skip Arthur Dobson narrowly by 14–11 to lead their group after an earlier defeat of 11–12 against group leaders David Bowes . |
| 26 | The catechumens and candidates have been going through the process known as the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults ( R.C.I.A. ) and in his sermon Bishop Brewer gave an outline of the R.C.I.A. 's activities from its foundation after the Second Vatican Council in 1972 to the present . |
| 27 | Each leaf on the Lemande Tree , given its name after the Old English word for shining and glittering , will represent a donation towards the appeal to build a glass-walled community centre for the elderly and mentally ill within an old church in Morningside , Edinburgh . |
| 28 | To mark its revival after a 44-year absence from public life , the rightist National Party ( Stronnictwo Narodwe — SN ) held a national congress in Warsaw on Nov. 18 , 1989 , electing Bronislaw Ekert party chairman . |
| 29 | The country is still on its knees , exhausted from 25 years of Ceaucescu 's oppression , and still trying to catch its breath after the extraordinary heroism which led to his overthrow . |
| 30 | The bee then kneads the pollen into these baskets with its middle legs , moulding it around the slender peg that projects from each of them , so that when it flies back to its nest after a successful trip , it has a brilliant yellow button of food attached to each thigh . |