Example sentences of "[adv] after he [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was only after he went into hospital that I started spending much time with him , because we knew his illness would run a rapid course .
2 His practical education was evidently gained working in his father 's business and soon after he came of age he was taken into partnership , the firm then moving to the larger settlement of Corbridge .
3 Soon after he came to power he personally led an expedition against the Shanqalla negroes on the Sudan border , and my father affirmed that the slaughter there must have satisfied for a time even his craving for blood .
4 The blaze broke out shortly after he left for work .
5 Strachan did not make the change immediately , for he crocked a shoulder in the test against South Africa and had a three-week stand-down period immediately after he returned from tour .
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