Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] after a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The election itself came only after a decade of political squabbling . |
| 2 | On the Friday evening , their last night , I came downstairs after a bath and was on my way to the kitchen to get supper when , in glancing out of the windows at the front , it seemed that a dense fog had developed . |
| 3 | Then , last night , the master 's wife came home after a weekend away . |
| 4 | This 21 year old came here after a string of car offences . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You know I love you , ’ he said when he got home after a month in Rimini and San Marino . |
| 7 | Relations between the two countries deteriorated further after a decision by the Turkish government to impose visa restrictions on all Britons visiting Turkey after Nov. 1 . |
| 8 | Thomas has been unable to shake off his recurring injury and , when the problem flared again after a midweek reserve game , he was sent for surgery . |
| 9 | THE jury in the Teeside Crown Court trial of two men accused of attacking a 17-year-old girl as she walked home after a night out is expected to reach a verdict today . |
| 10 | And then seconds later Worrell Sterling got another one for Posh when he slotted home after a mistake from keeper Ray Newland . |
| 11 | While I was in the Gulf , one of our teachers vanished temporarily after a call to a colleague in which he had made disparaging remarks about members of the local royal family . |
| 12 | In the twenties Halling football team was the pride of the village and when one of its players , " Nobby " Clark died suddenly after a game , the whole village mourned . |
| 13 | Yeah , well I bought , I got the C D cheap enough , you know when I bought them that mini unit , that went just after a year , that bloody thing when it packed up , do you remember it was playing in night , in the middle of the night and my dad got up and said what pratt 's playing music , it 's his own ha |
| 14 | She went away after a while , did the predecessor , and Spike sat there , day after day , whittling a turnip . |
| 15 | A SOLDIER died yesterday after a fire at his home in Wick . |
| 16 | Imminent retirement lay ahead after a career of almost sub-average distinction , in anticipation of which he had already bought a small house on the edge of St. Omer . |
| 17 | ‘ They both flirted with her a bit , ’ I answered frostily after a pause . |
| 18 | Pringle and Mallender bowled demandingly after a rain hold-up of just over an hour . |
| 19 | A comprehensive Cambodian peace agreement appeared closer after a meeting of the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) in Pattaya , Thailand , on Aug. 26-29 [ see p. 38293 for June SNC meeting in Pattaya ] , with the four warring factions nearing agreement on the draft UN peace plan . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I should like a change , ’ she said slowly after a moment . |
| 21 | ‘ There 's Briar Cottage , ’ Joan said uneasily after a moment 's consideration . |
| 22 | Theodora said gently after a pause , ‘ Have you told us everything ? ’ |
| 23 | Well , Trippy said he slept better after a nightcap . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've no time to waste on Matilda 's beauty or lack of it , ’ he said shortly after a moment . |
| 25 | Examples : Consider the following : a painting of a giant a sailor 's personal log a letter to a friend left behind after a move . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | Then he worked as garden boy at Ballykilcavan , but in the winter of 1860–1 he left abruptly after a quarrel . |
| 28 | ‘ Youth is the best time , ’ Frank said quietly after a while . |
| 29 | ‘ For your own sake you should get rid of him — or make him live out , ’ Frank said quietly after a period of silence . |