Example sentences of "[vb pp] after a [adj] [noun] " 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 | Sarah told her that John had secured a job in an hotel but had been sacked after a few days . |
| 3 | ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work . |
| 4 | Gower was sacked after a disastrous Test series against Australia and axed from the winter tour to the West Indies . |
| 5 | But treated after a diverse fashion , |
| 6 | Hence , the backlash to which so many poor devils have been exposed after a premature elevation to megastardom . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 9 | It has been formed after a year-long management and brand analysis of Seagram 's global brands . |
| 10 | Keith Atkinson 's case against a health authority was dismissed after a six year legal battle . |
| 11 | Franlow maintains Mrs Taylor was dismissed after a long-running dispute with the manageress . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This is not an area where policies and procedures can be formulated after a few incidents have been experienced . |
| 17 | If the haemoglobin remains normal after a year it should then be checked after a further year or sooner if the patient becomes symptomatic . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Mass is celebrated here at midday , the church having been reconsecrated after a long deconsecration period . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | If the monies are not claimed after a further period ( usually 6 or 12 years ) then the bidder will be released from its payment obligation and the moneys paid back to it . |
| 27 | The mood on Kinnock 's ‘ Red Rose ’ jet was subdued after a tiring day , most of his entourage and press contingent longing for bed . |
| 28 | The Institute itself has recently reopened after a five year refurbishment which included the installation of a new metal and glass roof and the conversion of the former tapestry gallery into one suitable for displaying pictures . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Singapore 's Raffles Hotel reopened after a three year face-lift costing £55 million . |