Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] after a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worthwhile objectives can be expected only after a listing of what each partner could bring to a relationship . |
| 2 | Those unfortunate enough to be carried away after a crackdown are uncertain whether they will return alive . |
| 3 | By 1937 , as a result of migration from rural Kaszubia , an influx of unemployed people from nearby Elbing and Marienburg , and the large number of Jews in transit through the city who had become trapped there after a change in US immigration policy , there were about 17,000 Poles — including Kaszubians , Danzig Poles , Polish immigrants and Polish Jews — living in the urban districts . |
| 4 | They had done so after a period of co-operation and consultation with East Germany which looks in retrospect like a laying of the groundwork for what was to come in both Germanys . |
| 5 | Most of the potholes and caves on Leck Fell and elsewhere occur in hollows and shallow valleys and are revealed only after a search , but the next great chasm in the line of march is identified by a fence and can not be missed . |
| 6 | He was bold into every fence , but did n't pull , and even managed to canter the little one-stride double ( sited just after a corner and with 24ft between the elements , it was the ideal opportunity ) . |
| 7 | Sheldon himself never lied to his friends about the mummy and we have to be grateful to Faujas Saint-Fond for the following account written shortly after a visit he had made on Sheldon : ‘ It is [ said Sheldon ] a mistress whom I tenderly loved . |
| 8 | The old man was paralysed now after a stroke and she supposed that she ought to feel sorry for him lying there in his hospital bed , useless as a felled tree , mouth slavering , only the angry eyes moving in impotent fury from face to watching face . |
| 9 | Full diplomatic relations would be re-established only after a meeting at ministerial level which would be held after the resolution of the remaining issues . |
| 10 | THE one-day international between Pakistan and India was abandoned yesterday after a demonstration in Karachi 's National Stadium turned riotous . |
| 11 | Mark has settled well after a hiccough at the start . |
| 12 | When he was seen in the special department , after blood tests for syphilis , taken as a last resort , had turned out strongly positive , he remembered having noticed a sore on his penis some five months earlier but had not bothered with it as it was not painful and had gone away after a couple of weeks . |
| 13 | Yesterday morning several of the same travellers were charged again after a second police raid . |
| 14 | Smoke and flames were spotted shortly after a quarter to six at the house in Girdlestone Road , Cowley . |
| 15 | The statement which was issued shortly after a meeting between the UK Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd and the Iranian Foreign Minister , Ali Akbar Vellayati in New York , came after months of intense negotiations between officials of the two countries . |
| 16 | Before lapsing into a coma Suzanne , who had left home after a row with her stepfather , told rescuers she had been held captive for a week . |
| 17 | ‘ Bruges ? ’ he had surmised solemnly after a moment . |
| 18 | American reports say that the Pershing II , which is only a stretched , possibly over-stretched , Pershing I , has only once been fired successfully after a number of failures , and that over a shorter distance than will be required . |
| 19 | Officers employed in northern Europe , where much of the navy was inevitably disposed , had little patronage at their disposal , and what they got was obtained only after a battle with the Board of Admiralty . |
| 20 | Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989 , his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount . |
| 21 | The effect of this rule is that the fixed percentage or the amount of the notional pool is specified in the scheme , but the amount of the distributable pool can be determined only after a profit period has ended . |
| 22 | THREE vigilantes who took the law into their own hands after a burglary were convicted yesterday after a man they confronted was killed on his own doorstep . |
| 23 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared yesterday after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 24 | The issue of discounting has been debated recently after a Treasury decision to apply a zero rate in the case of health benefits . |
| 25 | Nominal GDP figures , awkwardly , are published only after a lag . |
| 26 | The sex had drifted away after a while , and Jay did n't mind ; not in that end-of-the-world Astrid way . |
| 27 | A murder hunt was launched yesterday after a body , believed to be that of Monica Cantwell , aged 24 , from Lingfield , Surrey , was found in New Zealand . |
| 28 | Howe has returned home after a scare over a chest condition . |
| 29 | A MURDER inquiry was launched today after a mother and daughter were found strangled in a house in Carrickfergus . |