Example sentences of "[pers pn] be after the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is after the first few years in employment that the profiles diverge dramatically and again the male/female contrast is vivid . |
| 2 | It was after the first snow and I followed the clanging ploughs up the Dale , bumping along between high white mounds till I reached old Mr Stokill 's gate . |
| 3 | Oh it was after the First World War because everything was rationed and you could n't buy onions but er I 'd say it was about seventy years ago |
| 4 | As we discussed in Chapter l , it was after the Second World War that the behavioural revolution which had begun in the inter-war period swept the Faculties of Social Science . |
| 5 | It was after the Second World War that the class distinction in station facilities disappeared , although it remained on the trains . |
| 6 | It was after the third year of struggle that we decided to go militant . |