Example sentences of "[num] after a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legend is an overworked term in jazz : it can describe a figure like Eubie Blake , who died at 100 after a lifetime 's achievement , or those who died young , their promise unfulfilled , like everyone from Jimmy Blanton to Charlie Parker . |
| 2 | He further denied claims by former colleagues that he threatened senior staff after leaving the company in 1991 after a year 's employment as manager of its Magherafelt office . |
| 3 | The UN relief airlift to Sarajevo , which continued under heavy siege for the seventh successive month — with the exception of 10 days of relative calm from Oct. 8 to 18 — resumed on Oct. 3 after a month 's suspension since an Italian aircraft was shot down [ see p. 39102 ] . |
| 4 | Retiring in 1959 after a year 's extension , Macpherson continued to be active in public life , as chairman of Cable and Wireless Ltd. ( 1962–7 ) , deputy and then chairman of the Basildon Development Corporation ( 1960–7 ) , vice-president of the Royal Commonwealth and the Royal African Societies , and , from 1962 , vice-chairman of the advisory committee on distinction awards for consultants . |
| 5 | Their defeat of Grange ‘ D ’ has put them in an unassailable position and they will return to division two after a season 's absence . |
| 6 | Strategic Arms Reduction Talks resumed in Geneva on April 19 after a month 's recess . |