Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went with them into Egypt after seeing the three Kings present their gifts . |
| 2 | Larry had descended from the Land Rover after firing the four shots . |
| 3 | Charsky catapulted into a rocky obstruction after tumbling a thousand feet or so . |
| 4 | A POLICEMAN was fined £500 yesterday after using the main police computer to check up on the boyfriend of a neighbour 's daughter . |
| 5 | He watched his dejected figure walk past him into the cottage and , after allowing a few minutes to elapse , followed him in and discovered him sitting at the table in the living room , his bag of apples and sandwich lying untouched . |
| 6 | After gaining the necessary permissions to enter classrooms my freedom to follow up themes and issues discussed in interviews was very great . |
| 7 | Clothes and textiles giant Courtaulds Textiles spun annual pretax profits of £42.2m last year , up from £40.3m , after weathering the worst effects of the recession . |
| 8 | Twice round the block after gettin' the little ones to school . ’ |
| 9 | After debriefing the other agencies and packing their equipment , the EOD team leave and make their way back to base . |
| 10 | Other commandos may have got ashore for — as mentioned earlier — some German guns were silenced beyond John Roderick 's objectives , but after landing no other commandos got away in the MLs . |
| 11 | After driving a few miles along what seemed an endless avenue of poplars we crossed the Taro , at this time of year a dry riverbed , by a long bridge with marble statues of reclining river gods and goddesses at either end . |
| 12 | It is believed the woman teacher was attacked after keeping the two boys in detention . |
| 13 | After swimming a few lengths of the pool , she turned and floated on her back , enjoying the warmth of the sun on her half-submerged body , listening to the splashing of the other swimmers , their laughing voices , the harsh cries of magpies in the nearby forest , the occasional insect droning past . |
| 14 | After escorting the two boys to the Titcombes ' , Benning and Sparkes began their search . |
| 15 | After intoning the usual statements about the harm done to the nation 's security , the judge sentenced Blake to a total of 42 years ' imprisonment . |
| 16 | After withdrawing the old taps , check that the length of the new tap ‘ tails ’ matches that of the old bath taps . |
| 17 | Who broke into your house in the middle of the night and , after paying the usual compliments to your stereo , got on with the job of pouring scorn on your most cherished convictions ? |
| 18 | In 1936 , Bertrand Russell , after rehearsing the expected consequences of a new war , posed the question : ‘ Can we imagine any great modern war which would do more good than harm ? ’ |
| 19 | Even after adding a few extras such as salt £14 , a thermometer £1.25 and a hydrometer £3.50 , I was still left with a small margin . |
| 20 | After waiting a few minutes she collected the pictures from the slot outside the booth , put them in her bag without looking at them and hurried home . |
| 21 | After evaluating the two studies the board is convinced that the link is " 80 per cent correct " , in the words of the director of its electricity safety department , Jaak N u . |
| 22 | After removing the yellow residues with a solvent , Crone mixed them with dimethyl sulphoxide and painted shaved mice with doses of 5 , 10 and 25 micrograms . |
| 23 | The doctor had finished , and , after removing the old newspapers from under Sarah , covered her up . |
| 24 | After speaking a few words that Hazel could not catch , he was evidently called inside . |
| 25 | The General Commissioners , after considering the relevant facts , in particular that the accounts should have been submitted three or four years previously , awarded each company a penalty of £2,000 . |
| 26 | After considering the broad characteristics of the style concerned , each book goes on to discuss its manifestations in the architectural shell , followed by chapters on technical aspects such as fixtures and fittings , joinery , plasterwork , colours and coverings . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the overriding impression left , after considering the public statements and documents of those involved in organising or endorsing the scheme , is the establishment of a service for that element of the community unable to help itself . |
| 28 | After attending the famous schools in Athens , Bladud . |
| 29 | Some spread after the last glaciations , others have been there longer after surviving the glacial periods in ice-free refugia ( Lindsey , 1981 ) . |
| 30 | On the 23rd , however , even after percolating the softening filters of G.Q.G. the reports sounded so bad that Joffre was persuaded to dispatch his Assistant Chief of Staff , Colonel Claudel , to Verdun to make an on-the-spot report . |