Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After struggling in the first half when playing into the wind , they made certain later ; then came the news that Newcastle Gosforth 's defeat at Bedford had given West Hartlepool promotion . |
| 2 | BRIGHTNESS the beluga whale has been seen swimming happily in the Black Sea after escaping for the second time . |
| 3 | Earlier in the day Joey finished second to brother Robert in the Shell 125cc race after leading for the first three laps . |
| 4 | Rainey , seeking his fourth straight world title , slid off the Santamonica circuit after leading for the first third of a race run in dry , sunny conditions . |
| 5 | From the liberal wing of the Ukrainian Communist Party , Fokin was regarded as a compromise candidate and was elected unopposed in the third ballot ( he had re-entered the contest after withdrawing from the second ballot ) , after the communist hardliners ' candidate , Aleksandr Bulyanda , had been persuaded to stand down . |
| 6 | Jobs : The rate at which smaller firms are shedding jobs has increased , after declining in the last five surveys , with a balance of 20pc more manufacturers reporting a fall than an increase . |
| 7 | They also said that maybe Strandli will push Wallace for the first team place after scoring in the last 2 reserve matches . |
| 8 | PAY settlements in manufacturing industry are now only slightly ahead of inflation , after halving over the last year , according to revised figures released yesterday by the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 9 | They are sure to be stiff after riding for the first time . ’ |
| 10 | Aberdeen 's Paul Lawrie had to thank a homeward 35 for his 73 after starting at the tenth with a 6 and taking another at the eighteenth where he three-putted . |
| 11 | Their first innings made only 205 , with 57 from Smith and 43 from debutante Bailey ( whose reward , after failing in the second innings , was to be dropped against Sri Lanka , one of the most astonishing pieces of selectoral crassness for years ) ; but on the second morning , in real sunshine for about the first time in the rubber , Foster bowled splendidly to decapitate the order . |
| 12 | After fighting with the 8th Army at El Alamein I was sent to Leros via Palestine . |
| 13 | Twenty-six-year-old Christopher Saggers escaped with little more than a broken elbow and a neck injury after falling from the 22nd floor of flats in Salford , Greater Manchester , on Thursday night . |
| 14 | Butcher , whose career looked over last season because of a knee injury , will be offered a one-year contract this week after starring for the First Division club in three pre-season friendlies . |