Example sentences of "but after [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 2 | It is common for the gearchange to be stiff , but after 3000 miles I would have expected the ‘ newness ’ to have bedded in . |
| 3 | He did not worry too much in those early years of his married life , telling himself that some women were slow to conceive , but after twelve years and his wife still childless , he had to accept the painful fact that she never would have any . |
| 4 | ‘ When the war ended he returned to live in Italy and marry his girlfriend , but after twelve years he deserted his wife and daughter and went back to England . ’ |
| 5 | But after 14 minutes , the youngster was in clover and Palace were in front . |
| 6 | But after 18 months of the infant formula code , WHO executive chairman Maureen Law wonders if all the fuss was worth it . |
| 7 | But after 13 hours , negotiators pursuaded the prisoner to release his hostage unharmed . |
| 8 | This legislation requires that people for the first thirteen weeks that they are unemployed have the right to look for a job which they have experience in and enjoy doing , but after 13 weeks they are required to take any job that comes along . |
| 9 | Slightly convex with fleur-de-lys on a shield , the lettering is very ornate but after many hours I read it as AVE MARIA GRAVIA . |
| 10 | It was a long morning , but after many hours and a lot of giggling and parading , the three of them had chosen dresses . |
| 11 | But after 45 minutes , their opponents had not appeared and they decided to leave . |
| 12 | Planetary activity in Taurus during the first ten days in May will give your personal affairs or morale a marvellous boost , but after that complications will arise . |
| 13 | She says she was mentally and physically abused by her boyfriend , but after 10 months at the hostel with her 2 young sons she 's starting to turn her life around . |
| 14 | But after 10 years of Tory rule , he had had enough of that approach to politics . |
| 15 | But after 10 years of bookselling he is keen to retire . |
| 16 | When it ended we moved out on to the palace balcony to watch a display of fireworks , the first to be given in the country ; but after two rockets had been fired something went wrong and the rest blew up . |
| 17 | During the day , Erika wondered what her mother wanted her for , but after two hours in the gym she had given up wondering , and , indeed , had forgotten about it . |
| 18 | I offered the booklet to GHQ , Simla , but after two months had had no reply . |
| 19 | At first I did n't mind doing it , but after two months I found out he had quite a few women . |
| 20 | But after two months and $4000 and still nothing to show for it , he was getting a little hacked off at Condor Television . |
| 21 | He hoped to surpass Cram 's fastest mile time of the year to remove the last argument against his own selection , but after two laps of inadequate pacing , he was never in prospect . |
| 22 | Jed drove north to begin with , his wrist a rectangle of heat and all that numbness just behind his eyes , but after two days the roads drew him inland , over high mountains , and soon he was heading due west . |
| 23 | ‘ But after two days of passionate panting you dragged yourself away , back up to town ? ’ |
| 24 | The first meeting of the SNC opened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on Sept. 17 , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , the main stumbling block being the appointment of a SNC chair . |
| 25 | The first meeting of the SNC convened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on mid-September , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , with disagreements over the appointment of a Chair . |
| 26 | But after two weeks swimming with friendly mammals in Eilat 's dolphin reef , their planned sea births were banned by Israeli health chiefs . |
| 27 | But after two weeks of going back and fro to the barn they finally decided for some unknown reason that they had had enough . |
| 28 | We managed to survive the crash but after two weeks of lying-low were captured by the Germans . ’ |
| 29 | Immediate post-operative speech was limited to " yes ' and " no " but after two weeks the patient was able to say " no , I do n't want any " and " put me back to bed " . |
| 30 | Well you 've gone onto social security but but after two weeks it 's flew . |