Example sentences of "[adj] after [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drying time : wearable after drying for three hours in a warm room . |
| 2 | Dr. Charles Edward Prior retired in the summer of 1900 after serving for forty-five years as medical officer to the workhouse . |
| 3 | Police Chief Daryl F. Gates retired on June 28 after serving for 14 years as head of the Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) . |
| 4 | For health reasons , 69-year-old decided to call it a day on March 19 after working for five years in the semi-moist processing section . |
| 5 | If the regulatory body does its sums correctly , it will then allow the monopolist to levy the minimum fixed charge necessary to ensure that the monopolist breaks even after allowing for all relevant economic costs . |
| 6 | In contrast the trend in cardiovascular mortality with head circumference ( table I ) remained significant after allowing for external conjugate diameter . |