Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] after a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eddie won by a single stroke only after a back nine countback . |
| 2 | He had a cortisone injection yesterday after a visit to a specialist . |
| 3 | Two men challenged Chris as he walked his girlfriend home after a night out . |
| 4 | Just about the hardest job in the Commons is making the Opposition 's reply straight after a Government announcement , particularly a financial one . |
| 5 | Watson held on to third place with a final 74 for a 296 total , with former England international Martin Foster of Worksop just a stroke behind after a closing 68 . |
| 6 | Ten days later she was admitted and given intravenous steroids , and died of presumed septicaemia shortly after a laparotomy ( day 38 ) . |
| 7 | The bland slopes bordering and beyond the river , innocuous when seen from the train , abound in hidden secrets that yield to discovery only after a search for them . |
| 8 | On their return home after a day 's work they must then be given a good if not excessive meal . |
| 9 | COMEDY writer Carla Lane blasted the law yesterday after a setback in her fight to save a pit bull terrier . |
| 10 | Michael Largey was buried at the City Cemetery today after a funeral service at St Theresa 's Church , Glen Road . |
| 11 | HARARE ( Reuter ) — The Zimbabwean government ordered the indefinite closure of the country 's only university yesterday after a day of violent clashes between police and students protesting against the arrest of two of their leaders . |
| 12 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |
| 13 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales last night stepped out on the town together after a day apart on separate engagements in the South Korean capital of Seoul . |
| 14 | The above example of a minimax punishment strategy was not subgame perfect because , in the subgame beginning in the period just after a defection , the minimax choices did not constitute a Nash equilibrium . |
| 15 | Straight back into the routine just after a coupla weeks . |
| 16 | A TEENAGE drink-driver who killed her boyfriend and best friend escaped jail yesterday after a plea by one victim 's mother . |
| 17 | Some travellers occupy the site legally after a festival last weekend . |
| 18 | In consecrated parts of cemeteries , if the burial takes place immediately after a church service , there is no Church of England fee for the burial service . |
| 19 | Opinion polls in Denmark suggested that those planning to vote Yes in the referendum on the Maastricht treaty were extending their lead again after a narrowing of the gap . |
| 20 | Two months later , they had a drink together after a shoot . |
| 21 | An elderly woman was taken to hospital for a precautionary check-up yesterday after a chip pan fire at her home in Annandale Crescent , Hartlepool . |
| 22 | A man was taken to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation yesterday after a kitchen blaze at his ground-floor flat in Lutterworth Road , Longbenton , Newcastle . |
| 23 | Candles and oil-lamps gleamed weakly in distant windows and a torch shone briefly down by the ancient Cross as a link-boy led a gentleman home after a night 's revelry , by the shortest and hopefully , safest route . |
| 24 | SCREAMING relatives were dragged from court yesterday after a joyrider who killed two children was attacked in the dock . |
| 25 | For those living in the community , information about what was available was largely gained from other people around them , the social worker providing very little useful knowledge even after a visit ( p. 79 ) . |
| 26 | Easing American monetary policy now would affect the economy only after a delay of months . |
| 27 | It slowed things up to keep slipping it in and out of my jeans pocket so after a while I tucked it up the sleeve of my jersey . |
| 28 | A BOY yesterday told how he had developed dizzy spells and a craving for chocolate soon after a nurse accused of murdering four children came to live at his home . |
| 29 | Ilona Roth writes : ‘ It is particularly nice having a baby again after a gap of five years . |
| 30 | The Swiss Supreme Court says that any money will be released to the Philippine government only after a number of conditions have been met . |