Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the second round of European matches gets into full swing tonight , Rangers can only sit back and watch after tumbling out to a last minute goal from Levski Sofia . |
| 2 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 3 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 4 | A CONVICTED wife-killer who fled to the Irish Republic after walking out of a mental hospital was being flown back to Britain today , police said . |
| 5 | After stripping off in a Levi 's ad and Thelma & Louise , Brad Pitt has been hailed as the new James Dean , a sex symbol for the Nineties . |
| 6 | Amanda was rescued after meeting up with a group of hikers who escorted her out of the bush . |
| 7 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 8 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 9 | A WORKER was fired after nipping out for a Coke and ice during a 15-hour shift at a sweltering print works , a tribunal heard yesterday . |
| 10 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We found Prune Island , as Palm was known in those days , after calling in for a spot of sight-seeing . |
| 12 | Intruders at the Bull and Dog pub in Greatham , near Hartlepool , stole £920 from the vending and gaming machines after getting in through a groundfloor window . |
| 13 | The dog he had raised from a pup went missing 31 days ago after running off on a country walk . |
| 14 | After starting out with a Honda VF500 in ‘ 84 , Bradl made it to factory rider in just four and a half years , making a name for himself on the way as a man bursting with aggression . |
| 15 | Dick was indentured to the Company in 1917 , ‘ admitted , allowed , and registered ’ to the Freemen in 1933 , became waterman to Thames RC in 1931 after starting out as a boatbuilder , became a Waterman to Her Majesty in 1953 , and an Extra Waterman to Her Majesty in 1967 . |
| 16 | And manager Joe Kinnear last night reported that John Fashanu was in agony after pulling his hamstring again after coming on as a substitute even though he was ‘ only about 10 per cent fit . ’ |
| 17 | ( Q : which England player once scored a hat trick for Marske United after coming on as a substitute ? |
| 18 | McKenzie looked as if he might have done enough to retain his crown after coming back from a ninth-round crisis in which he was floored by a two-punch combination to the body . |
| 19 | Her only son died aged 23 while a Japanese prisoner of war after joining up as a volunteer instead of pursuing his exempt profession as a metallurgical chemist . |
| 20 | A MAN was killed when his hanglider plunged into the sea after taking off from a 100ft cliff at Holywell Bay , near Newquay , north Cornwall . |
| 21 | The plea came after a child broke his leg after falling out of a tree at St John 's School in Cherwell Heights in Banbury . |
| 22 | A yachtsman has been reunited with his wife — five months after setting off on a voyage which should have lasted just four weeks . |
| 23 | AN RAF air-sea rescue helicopter today joined a massive search for three young men who disappeared in a small speedboat after setting out on a two-hour trip along the west Wales coast . |
| 24 | After messing about for a while , they roped in drummer Anthony — Derbyshire born , now a Nottingham resident — and discovered common musical ground . |
| 25 | The gang bundled the family into a bedroom after bursting in to a house on Coventry 's ‘ millionaires ’ row ’ in Kenilworth Road . |
| 26 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 27 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |