Example sentences of "after [det] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After some moments ' thought , Henry selected the Sex Row . |
| 2 | After some minutes ' browsing , Bragg threw a document over to Morton . |
| 3 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 4 | In the second , we are talking about the likelihood of a woman finding adequate childcare facilities for her children and entering the labour market , at a fairly high income level , possibly after many years ' absence from paid employment . |
| 5 | After several months ' work , during which time they lived in a caravan parked on the site , the owners , Mr and Mrs Bates were able to move into the future garage area of the building in August 1984 and to continue work on the upper-floor accommodation under the shelter of the reslated roof . |
| 6 | The idea of literally dropping in on the enemy and catching them unawares would have seemed attractive after several months ' idleness . |
| 7 | Jessop died at Butterley Hall , Derbyshire , 18 November 1814 after several years ' illness . |
| 8 | But some of them will have been men who lived permanently within their lord 's gates , his closest companions , who , after several years ' service , might hope to be rewarded with fiefs . |