Example sentences of "[noun prp] after a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It eventually collided with a tree on the Lakes Estate in Milton Keynes after a high speed police chase over two miles . |
| 2 | An agreement to resume diplomatic relations with Syria after a 30-month break was announced on Jan. 9 , 1989 ( for severance of relations in July 1987 following Hassan 's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister see pp. 34832-33 ) . |
| 3 | Disappointment and despair turned to delight when BP Exploration stepped in with financial support for a Dorset Youth Orchestra concert tour to Ireland after a proposed trip to Spain fell through . |
| 4 | The death of Sir Thomas Throgmorton after a sudden illness was worth a paragraph in view of his role of international banker . |
| 5 | ARMED police surrounded a house in Thornaby after a young woman was threatened , a court heard . |
| 6 | Ishan Dutta said Darius Guppy , best man to Princess Diana 's brother Charles three years ago , phoned him in Bombay after a civil action was launched to recover the insurance money . |
| 7 | Knowledge of his locality was to be a great boon in 1749 when , as master of The American ( owned by Christopher Scott , a Hull merchant ) , he was able to recognize the coastline at Nantucket after a severe storm had blown the vessel off course . |
| 8 | The average time spent in Britain after a myocardial infarct is 7 days , while in Germany it is 3 weeks . |
| 9 | Hughes exchanged words with umpire Steve Randell after a confident appeal against Richie Richardson was turned down when he was on 47 . |
| 10 | CELTIC 'S return to Kirkcaldy after a 23-year absence was a happy one , the visitors inflicting Raith 's first league defeat at home for 18 months . |
| 11 | TREVOR FRANCIS believes David Hirst is ready for another call from Graham Taylor after a stunning goal ended Southampton 's resistance yesterday . |
| 12 | In 1987 disorder occurred in Wolverhampton after a black youth died of asphyxiation while being arrested on 20 February . |
| 13 | The youngster , who had the operation in America after a public appeal raised the £350,000 needed , was being taken to visit her grandparents nearby . |
| 14 | The Rome-bound train had been unavoidably delayed in Montreux after a small avalanche had blocked the track five miles further up the line . |