Example sentences of "[vb past] after [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rumour that it was radioactive arose after the Soviet authorities requested some civilian aircraft not to fly their usual routes from Japan to Europe for 48 hours for ‘ technical reasons ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I am taking you to Jaén , ’ he announced after a few miles . |
| 3 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 4 | " Walls built after the 1953 floods are getting old " , explained Peregrine . |
| 5 | This was no doubt reinforced by a growing concern over disaffection and alienation among black youth , culminating in the ‘ moral panic ’ that erupted after the urban uprisings of 1980–81 ( cf. |
| 6 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 7 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 8 | His remarks came after the sectarian murders of four Catholics in the past nine days . |
| 9 | He struggled to his feet and , free of his human burden , galloped after the surviving runners . |
| 10 | It happened after the two strippers invited a man in the audience to join them on stage . |
| 11 | The stabbing happened after the two teenagers had been drinking heavily . |
| 12 | In some ways a continuation of the drive against bourgeois liberalism which began after the 1980 elections , it mobilised the media , the CYL and other official agencies in efforts to stamp out undesirable imports . |
| 13 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 14 | Citalia offers guests three apartments — each named after the fragrant herbs which grow around the house . |
| 15 | And the future will see plenty of little Kylies and Jasons named after the Australian stars . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's enough ! ’ he called after a few minutes . |
| 17 | Hopes attached to the new Social Democratic Party of right-wing Labour Party defectors in 1981 collapsed after the internal divisions that followed electoral disaster in June 1987 . |
| 18 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 19 | Isabel wished she could find the oblivion of sleep as easily , but though her body ached after the unaccustomed hours in the saddle her mind refused to rest . |
| 20 | A maintenance man , with a garden fork and wheelbarrow , was tending the herbaceous border that stretched along the frontage of the flats and , in response to Morse 's question , he said he was one of a small team that looked after the three blocks of flats that stood on the eastern side of Water Eaton Road . |
| 21 | I think Tony gave him confidence because Tony looked after the day-to-day worries of how one paid for what one was going to do . |
| 22 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 23 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
| 24 | In 1852 he moved with his mother to Sheffield , where she died after a few months . |
| 25 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
| 26 | It emerged after the first reports of the Dushanbe violence that there had been a demonstration on Feb. 10 in Frunze , the capital of Kirghizia , likewise sparked off by rumours of the resettlement there of Armenian refugees . |
| 27 | Certainly if players such as Edberg , involved in the final stages of the Australian Open , felt even remotely like I did after the 31 hours it took me to arrive home from Melbourne before leaving on another seven hour journey to Bayonne less than 24 hours later , then it is no wonder that many of them are unable to do justice either to themselves or their countries in Davis Cup competition , as things stand . |
| 28 | ‘ I can see that you 're a trifle overcome , ’ he said after a few moments . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's good , ’ she said after a few moments . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah , it 's you , is it , Edgar Linton ? ’ she said after a few moments . |