Example sentences of "and [vb pp] after a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are numerous picturesque villages , ruined abbeys , and historic houses within easy driving distance , including Sledmere House which was built in the 1750s and rebuilt after a devastating fire , using the original plans , in 1911 . |
| 2 | Founded in 1637 and rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824 . |
| 3 | The repository will be located at Sighthill and named after a former 19th century deputy clerk register Thomas Thomson . |
| 4 | By international agreement , all pieces of a given shower are catalogued as a single meteorite and named after a nearby geographical feature ( it can be a town , a post office or prominent natural feature ) . |
| 5 | The diagnosis was complicated as four days earlier a 14 year old boy from the same school had collapsed and died after a short illness of severe diarrhoea , which proved to be due to a fatal Salmonella enteritidis infection . |
| 6 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 7 | He blinked and stretched , feeling relaxed and contented after a good night 's sleep , although there was a bitterness at the back of his throat . |
| 8 | As originally laid there was also a single line curve from Lower Church Street towards Sutton , but it was rarely used and removed after a few years . |