Example sentences of "after [art] [adj] [noun pl] they " in BNC.

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1 In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were .
2 But she supposed she should n't be surprised , after the angry words they 'd exchanged .
3 He had no clues to its mystery but those contained in Chant 's letter , and after a hundred readings they were exhausted .
4 The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by .
5 After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old .
6 At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) .
7 After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed .
8 After a few years they may find that not enough of their nature is being fulfilled .
9 However , after a few days they can normally be enticed to eat again , with either freeze-dried or live foods .
10 The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it .
11 Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going …
12 That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off .
13 ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea .
14 As it turned out , I was a dreadful croupier and after a few weeks they put me on coats and hats .
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