Example sentences of "after [being] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The 26-year-old victim was tied up , gagged and sexually assaulted in her home after being ambushed by the pair , who were hiding behind dustbins . |
2 | After being instructed on the circuit , racing lines , warning flags , etc , the condemned men were given a hearty meal . |
3 | Her predecessor , William Vander Zalm , had resigned after being criticized by the provincial conflict-of-interest commissioner for his role in the sale of his family-owned amusement park , Fantasy Gardens , to a Taiwanese investor . |
4 | The person responsible for the running of the 160-year-old bank , Sergeant-at-Arms Jack Russ , had resigned on March 12 after being criticized in the Ethics Committee 's report for the manner in which he had administered the bank . |
5 | Souness faces another touchline ban after being banished from the Selhurst Park dug-out by referee Roger Dilkes for allegedly swearing at a linesman during Liverpool 's 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Tuesday night . |
6 | After being cheered over the finishing line they accepted blankets and drinks from their supporters , then wandered about with bemused expressions on their faces . |
7 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
8 | He then entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , and , after being called to the bar in 1789 , began to practise on the northern circuit . |
9 | Ron and Pat Woolley , of Rhyl , recently took a huge lorry-load of medical supplies , equipment and clothes to the Klaipicla Children 's Hospital in Lithuania after being shocked by the conditions they found there during a previous visit . |
10 | Pig horror : New Zealand farmer Kenneth Johnson bled to death after being gored in the groin by one of his pigs while feeding them in a paddock on his small farm at Halkett in the South Island province of Canterbury . |
11 | Emma Brodie died in Frenchgate shopping centre in Doncaster after being stabbed through the heart with a carving knife by Carol Barratt , 24 , who had attacked another child in the same place weeks earlier . |
12 | Leslie lost two pints of blood after being stabbed through the heart while trying to arrest a suspected burglar . |
13 | THE motorway murder victim Marie Wilks used her Red Cross training to staunch the flow of blood from her jugular vein after being stabbed in the neck , a court was told yesterday . |
14 | Mr Jowett needed two hours of delicate micro-surgery after being stabbed in the groin and chest when he tackled a masked intruder at his home on Nov 27 . |
15 | He needed micro-surgery after being stabbed in the groin and chest when he tackled a masked intruder . |
16 | A hospital worker is critically ill after being stabbed in the neck by a patient . |
17 | A 27-YEAR-OLD hospital worker was ‘ stable ’ in intensive care today after being stabbed in the neck . |
18 | Brent McCafferty , 26 , was said to be poorly in hospital last night after being stabbed in the arm in an incident outside his home in Colchester Terrace , Sunderland . |
19 | I suppose I started making records because , after being sacked from the radio , which is what every DJ dreams of , it seemed like there was nowhere for me to go . ’ |
20 | THE UK 's previously disparate regions are suffering an identity crisis after being ravaged by the recession , a major survey shows today . |
21 | TWO men walked free yesterday after being cleared of the manslaughter of twin teenage girls who died in a barn blaze . |
22 | The rats eventually managed to press the lever very quickly after being placed in the box , in order to receive their reward . |
23 | Steve Young threw three touchdown passes , including two to Jerry Rice , while Joe Montana , back in uniform for the first time in two years , stayed on the sidelines after being listed as the 49ers ' third-choice quarterback . |
24 | Then he holed from 12 feet to keep his slender advantage after being bunkered at the sixteenth . |
25 | Hamish Deans rose to his feet early in the meeting to read a statement after being asked about the charges laid by the police . |
26 | So when , after being filled with the Spirit on the day of Pentecost , Peter meets the vast crowds in Jerusalem , he does n't hesitate to speak clearly . |
27 | Accountants are still wading through Maxwell 's complicated business dealings to see if pension funds can still keep paying out after being plundered by the greedy tycoon . |
28 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
29 | After being defeated by the Roundheads at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 , the future King was compelled to run for his life , and this was how he came to Boscobel . |
30 | The minority government formed by the Social Democratic Labour Party ( SAP ) in October 1988 [ see pp. 36357-58 ] resigned on Feb. 15 after being defeated in the Riksdag ( parliament ) on a package of stringent austerity measures . |