Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Phil , who walked away with about £70m from the takeover of Harris Queensway , has built Carpetright into one of Britain 's leading carpet retailers after opening his first store in London 's Canning Town in 1988 . |
| 2 | I remember him relating it again the first time I returned to see him after gaining my first post as butler — to a Mr and Mrs Muggeridge in their relatively modest house in Allshot , Oxfordshire . |
| 3 | Although Crewe are reluctant to sell , Hignett now seems certain to follow in the footsteps of Platt , Rob Jones and Geoff Thomas , who all moved on to win international honours after launching their first team careers at Gresty Road . |
| 4 | The 24-year-old Luton striker was sent off at Chester after scoring his first goal of the season , but Billy Bingham has called him up for next week 's Group Six qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin . |
| 5 | Members of the 69th Doncaster Pack relax after holding their first Coffee Evening . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not Hess , ’ Foley told Edward , after spending his first day with the man . |
| 7 | Keegan is desperate to stay after savouring his first taste in management by keeping United in the Second Division . |
| 8 | If , after examining your first issue , you are not 100% satisfied , we 'll send you a complete refund with no questions asked . |
| 9 | It was probably that prediction which persuaded Diana to call in Penny after taking her first overdose . |
| 10 | After taking his first degree , he stayed on a further two years to do an MSc . |
| 11 | He became seriously ill shortly after taking his first job in a surveyor 's office . |
| 12 | After dropping her first cub she seemed reluctant to leave . |
| 13 | He was said to have been depressed after sitting his first exam … and apparently left a suicide note in his room . |
| 14 | It was some time after making his first confession that he bumped into a pupil in Addison 's Walk . |
| 15 | She faces world 10,000 metres champion Liz McColgan in the 1500 metres in Sheffield on June 6 and 7 after registering her first victory of the summer with a rare 3,000 metres outing at Cardiff . |
| 16 | SO PROUD : Teenage archer Simon Terry after winning his first bronze medal for Britain |
| 17 | Mitsubishi 's challenger to the BMW 535i , the Sigma , goes on sale in the UK next March after receiving its first airing at the Paris motor show . |
| 18 | The effect of such correction can , in some instances , be dramatic , as in the case of a child who , after receiving his first pair of spectacles , spent several evenings looking at the stars as it was the first time he had ever been able to see them . |
| 19 | Rivals Tennis World Middlesbrough move up into second position — one above Ilkley — after earning their first win of the season against Topspin Darlington . |