Example sentences of "[vb past] and after [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Then the war came and after the war the concert-managers offered me a chance to do all the Mahler symphonies . |
2 | It took all the courage he had to thrust his head and shoulders into the mouth of that entrance , but he closed his eyes and twisted and turned and after a time tumbled out into a great stone chamber , lit with a soft light of its own that dimmed the glitter of his shining key . |
3 | From Cronin 's catch , Scotland chugged and after a delay , while referee Joel Dume peeled off bodies , Turnbull was rightly awarded the try . |
4 | Jill withdrew and after a sip or two of tea I began . |
5 | He was respectful but unalarmed when the King appeared and after a moment 's silence he chose to laugh at the likeness and the revelation that they were distant cousins ; indeed , so little was Rassendyll impressed that he noted that the King 's mouth lacked ‘ something of the firmness ( or obstinacy ) which was to be gathered from my close-shutting lips ’ . |