Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] after [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mid-region performance is strong and acceleration only begins to tail off above 120mph , but the Chrysler engine lacks ultimate finesse at high revs , becoming noisy and slightly strained , while the power delivery is too often spoiled by a hesitation or jerk after a sudden lift-off or application of power . |
| 2 | Yet it is known that between one third and one half of mentally handicapped people currently resident in mental handicap hospitals should not be in hospital and could be either immediately discharged or discharged after a short period of training . |
| 3 | On July 4 , 400 people were reported killed or wounded after a massive explosion aimed at police headquarters in the northern oil city of Kirkuk . |
| 4 | Many people even find themselves losing concentration or sleep after a bag-snatching incident . |
| 5 | When a Vet first takes up running — or resumes after a long lay-off — he or she can count on one thing : several years of improvement . |
| 6 | The satisfaction may be deflected or inhibited after a certain degree of it has been obtained , and then Freud speaks of ‘ instincts which are inhibited in respect of their aim ’ . |
| 7 | In the British test-tube baby programme , viable embryos are either implanted or destroyed after a few days . |
| 8 | So , too , was the odd dandelion seedling that germinated after an airborne invasion of seeds from a patch of wasteland a quarter of mile away . |
| 9 | This was no doubt reinforced by a growing concern over disaffection and alienation among black youth , culminating in the ‘ moral panic ’ that erupted after the urban uprisings of 1980–81 ( cf. |
| 10 | And , his answer to that , is that psychoanalysis can give us a very interesting and unique insight into , into religion , and this was an insight which had emerged in the course of , the nineteen twenties , following the developments of psychoanalysis that occurred after the First World War , which we 've already looked at and is essentially the concept of transference . |
| 11 | With birds and mammals it is nearly always the female that looks after the young , without the help of the male , but many fish reverse this procedure , with all parental duties being carried out by the males , as in the case of nest-building sticklebacks and pouch-carrying seahorses . |
| 12 | Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies . ’ |
| 13 | Organisations that look after the homeless have pinpointed various disused buildings around the city which they think would make ideal hostels . |
| 14 | Gall bladders that contracted after a fatty stimulus were preferred , as previous experience suggests that stasis is likely to lead to recurrent stone formation . |
| 15 | Mind you , this is not quite as unsatisfactory as the ‘ Piano Quartet ’ set where it would have been just possible to confine Op. 26 and Op. 60 to the second disc , rather than breaking after the magical slow movement of the earlier of these two works . |
| 16 | He certainly had a Herculean task to maintain any consistency of policy among an immensely disparate collection of politicians , constituting , I think , one of the most brilliant Cabinets of our time , short of the Cabinet that served after the Second World War . |
| 17 | An even more revealing way to consider the changes in the popularity of divorce would be to look at the proportion of each marriage cohort that divorces after a particular period of time . |
| 18 | A maintenance man , with a garden fork and wheelbarrow , was tending the herbaceous border that stretched along the frontage of the flats and , in response to Morse 's question , he said he was one of a small team that looked after the three blocks of flats that stood on the eastern side of Water Eaton Road . |
| 19 | You can actually feel that there is a grimy , slimy layer that disappears after a little rubbing leaving a soft slightly oily feel to the skin . |
| 20 | Five per cent complained of diarrhoea that resolved after a slight reduction of the bile acid medication . |
| 21 | Community , Continuity and Change after the 1984–5 Coal Dispute . |
| 22 | The shop-woman smiled at her and asked after the bereaved family . |
| 23 | Brother Winfrid , big and young and wholesome , was leaning on his spade at the edge of the vegetable patch beyond , and gazing after a diminutive figure that was just scuttling away round the corner of the box hedge towards the great court . |
| 24 | The other two Zimbalan bodyguards immediately drew their snub-nosed Smith & Wesson.38s and sprinted after the fleeing gunman . |
| 25 | There are numerous picturesque villages , ruined abbeys , and historic houses within easy driving distance , including Sledmere House which was built in the 1750s and rebuilt after a devastating fire , using the original plans , in 1911 . |
| 26 | Founded in 1637 and rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824 . |
| 27 | resolve and spirit after a few days without a bath , a week without a change of clothes . |
| 28 | THE THE : ‘ Cold Spell Ahead ’ reissue of Matt Johnson and co 's first ever single , originally recorded in '81 and deleted after the initial pressing of 2,000 |
| 29 | Looking pink and refreshed after a short break , Mr Smith strode into the pokey committee rooms to a rabble-rousing welcome . |
| 30 | She looked to Alexandra disgustingly spry and healthy , rosy and refreshed after an excellent night and full of happy anticipation at hearing of the dinner party . |