Example sentences of "for [adj] time after [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some time after the trip I have to report that my game remained on the critical list . |
| 2 | For some time after the initial failure nothing very sensational or catastrophic happens , the wood just yields gradually . |
| 3 | THE GLOOMY jobs market will stay sluggish for some time after the recession ends , Essex Tory MPs warned at the weekend . |
| 4 | The Airacomet was first held by Purdue University for some time after the war , evidently being utilised in an instrument testing programme . |
| 5 | For some time after the battle of Nechtansmere the Picts had remained the more powerful of the two . |
| 6 | First of all , you have to ascertain whether your strategy up the first part of the beat will make you want to carry on sailing on starboard tack for some time after the starting signal , or to tack onto port as soon as possible after the start . |
| 7 | As it happened , though the tension continued for some time after the building of the Berlin Wall in August to stop the flight of East Germans to the West , the two sides had to settle for a stalemate . |
| 8 | However , we do know from having spoken to stable staff that the horse is certainly tender when being groomed on the side which has been hit , for some time after the race . |
| 9 | ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill . |