Example sentences of "[vb pp] after a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like domestic Guinea Pigs , the young are born well developed after a long gestation period of four months — covered in fur and with eyes open , they run around the mother soon after birth . |
| 2 | Gower was sacked after a disastrous Test series against Australia and axed from the winter tour to the West Indies . |
| 3 | But treated after a diverse fashion , |
| 4 | Hence , the backlash to which so many poor devils have been exposed after a premature elevation to megastardom . |
| 5 | Exposed after a bigamous marriage in New York in 1885 , he changed his name to its final form and enlisted with Thorsten Nordenfelt , the London-based Swedish inventor of a quick-firing gun and an unseaworthy submarine . |
| 6 | It has been formed after a year-long management and brand analysis of Seagram 's global brands . |
| 7 | Franlow maintains Mrs Taylor was dismissed after a long-running dispute with the manageress . |
| 8 | Only last September every frame of Rupert Bear 's new animated TV series had to be minutely examined after a Canadian animator decided to liven up Rupert 's life . |
| 9 | By the end of the second day the visitors had reached 239 for 7 , only Gomes and Lloyd making an impression as Allott , recalled after a two-year absence , headed for his best Test return or 6 for 61 . |
| 10 | Dodemaide , the Sheffield Shield player of the year , has been recalled after a three-year absence , along with Matthews , who has not played internationally since last year 's tour of the West Indies . |
| 11 | At the same time Article 130 of the Constitution , recognizing the Roman Catholic Church and lifting restraints on the clergy after more than 130 years , was amended after a three-week debate . |
| 12 | THE trial of a nurse accused of murdering four children may have to be stopped after a sudden deterioration in her health , it emerged yesterday . |
| 13 | Mass is celebrated here at midday , the church having been reconsecrated after a long deconsecration period . |
| 14 | The second concerns a love for God which is a gift and has nothing to do with learning ( c.5-7 ) ; this itself has two aspects covering that which is experienced sporadically by both actives and contemplatives , and a stabler devotion given after a long process of discipline in which the contemplative feels a " grete rest of bodie and of soule " ( 7.282a. – 81 ) . |
| 15 | Panel B shows the results of a similar test given after a conditioning trial on which consumption of saline was followed by an injection of LiCl . |
| 16 | It was made clear to a friend of mine who was dying that he was not wanted on the ward , not through words but by the minimum care he was given after an unsuccessful operation and the refusal of any doctor to speak to him . |
| 17 | The reason is that such certificates might be regarded abroad as given after an official check of records . |
| 18 | Speaking after the hearing , investigating officer Pc Harry Sexton of Chelmsford Traffic Police revealed the men were caught after a three-month investigation which culminated in seven search warrants being executed simultaneously as 24 officers swooped on the three vehicles . |
| 19 | Speaking after the hearing , investigating officer Pc Harry Sexton of Chelmsford Traffic Police revealed the men were caught after a three-month investigation which culminated in seven search warrants being executed simultaneously as 24 officers swooped on the three vehicles . |
| 20 | EC Foreign Ministers , meeting on Dec. 16 , voted after a 10-hour debate to extend recognition by Jan. 15 to republics which met certain conditions . |
| 21 | The magnitude of the rise in circulating PYY concentrations after deoxycholate perfusion in the human colon was similar to the rise reported after a normal meal . |
| 22 | The mood on Kinnock 's ‘ Red Rose ’ jet was subdued after a tiring day , most of his entourage and press contingent longing for bed . |
| 23 | BEIRUT ( AP ) — The American University of Beirut , once the most celebrated centre of higher education in the Middle East , reopened after a six-month closure caused by fighting between Syrian and Christian forces . |
| 24 | And I ca n't remember — I think Michael must have come after A Lovely War , or maybe contemporary with it , I 'm not sure . |
| 25 | There are numerous picturesque villages , ruined abbeys , and historic houses within easy driving distance , including Sledmere House which was built in the 1750s and rebuilt after a devastating fire , using the original plans , in 1911 . |
| 26 | Founded in 1637 and rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824 . |
| 27 | Yet it is known that between one third and one half of mentally handicapped people currently resident in mental handicap hospitals should not be in hospital and could be either immediately discharged or discharged after a short period of training . |
| 28 | For the Compton family in Bicester life without a car has been the norm while their car is repaired after a serious accident . |
| 29 | ‘ in an indictment for any such felony committed after a previous conviction for felony … a certificate containing the substance and effect only … of the indictment and conviction for the previous felony … shall … be sufficient evidence of the first conviction … ’ |
| 30 | Table 11.3 gives a guide to the duration of jet-lag that might be expected after a single journey . |