Example sentences of "but after [adj] [noun] " 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 | I brought the duck I do n't want the duck so I said to her I got the duck but after good girl and she you 're alright with one thing and another and I said I told her I said I said to her when we were over there I said look , look you 're right if you like again so er warden came round |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was a long morning , but after many hours and a lot of giggling and parading , the three of them had chosen dresses . |
| 12 | If investors need to obtain value from this investment within five years but after one year , the Royal Bank of Scotland will offer loans . |
| 13 | But after one fall too many , he went to the doctor and found out the truth . |
| 14 | ‘ There are people who say they would n't be seen dead on of these things , but after one ride they 're queuing up . |
| 15 | You ca n't say that it 's not helping bring people to the Sugar shows but after one show I hope they 'll forget about everything else . |
| 16 | But after 45 minutes , their opponents had not appeared and they decided to leave . |
| 17 | My scoring output since I left Leicester has n't been good — but after that goal against Liverpool maybe I can start improving . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But after that Pete had sworn that he 'd touch nothing stronger than tapwater for the rest of the evening , and so far he 'd been sticking to it . |
| 20 | ‘ But after that show we might have deserved the points . ’ |
| 21 | Under the plan , sale of shares to third persons would be banned for three years , but after that period could be bought and sold on the stock exchange . |
| 22 | But after 1688 Parliament under Whig domination tended to restrict rather than enlarge the franchise , and some people even lost their voting rights . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But after 10 years of Tory rule , he had had enough of that approach to politics . |
| 25 | But after 10 years of bookselling he is keen to retire . |
| 26 | The English response was ineffective : the campaigns of the 1340s and 1350s had been essentially plundering raids , launched into enemy territory from secure bases ; but after 1369 England was thrown on to the defensive in Aquitaine , and she had little idea how to fight a defensive war . |
| 27 | Caps are to be awarded but after two Test defeats in New Zealand Fouroux has had a clearout which brings in four newcomers and creates a largely unfamiliar pack designed to take on Australia next month . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I offered the booklet to GHQ , Simla , but after two months had had no reply . |