Example sentences of "[adv] after a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's Briar Cottage , ’ Joan said uneasily after a moment 's consideration . |
| 2 | Perhaps after a night 's sleep he 'll be okay ? |
| 3 | So after a year 's preliminary investigation they moved the charter and their centre of government to Boston ( Massachusetts , though named after the East Anglian port ) in 1630 and made it clear that they intended to cut off all official connection with the English government . |
| 4 | This is probably because only the strangest experiences are remembered by people waking normally after a night 's sleep , and the more everyday the dream content , the less memorable it is . |
| 5 | His Williams team-mate , Alain Prost , marked his return to Formula One yesterday after a year 's sabbatical by claiming provisional pole position . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On their return home after a day 's work they must then be given a good if not excessive meal . |
| 8 | In the commonplace crush of damp and steaming humanity returning home after a day 's work in the city , worries over Nadirpur and Clarion Call seemed grossly exaggerated . |
| 9 | With techno enjoying a second coming in Leeds and banging out of every other shop in the renovated arcades on Saturdays , some people were getting home after a day 's shopping and fancying something a bit different . |
| 10 | You 're supposed to be taking things easy , and I come home after a day 's work and a beastly journey hoping for some restoration and some intelligent company . |
| 11 | Ianthe was not the type to pour herself a glass of sherry or gin as soon as she got home after a day 's work , nor yet to make a cup of tea . |
| 12 | Whenever you face another gastronomic delight , or simply after a day 's touring , a bottle of chilled local wine completes a perfect picture . |
| 13 | And if ever a man sleeps well after a day 's work done well that man is , and I pray God give him rest , Donald Templeton ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd say you were a sultry , slinking lioness who could have any audience purring with sheer pleasure , ’ she said triumphantly after a moment 's consideration . |
| 15 | He was unusually distrait as he buttered a slice of toast and cut into one of the rashers on his plate , then after a minute 's thoughtful chewing he brought down his hand on the table with a suddenness that made me jump . |
| 16 | And then after a moment 's hesitation : ‘ I really do n't understand you , Cassie . ’ |
| 17 | It was voted upon as a whole on 16 October , and taken up again after a week 's break on 25–27 October . |