Example sentences of "after [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mildred had bought a mask which featured hair made from uncarded sheep 's wool , and which had produced moths only after hanging for a year on the landing of her staircase . |
| 2 | After struggling for a moment to stop it , I screamed and dropped the lot . |
| 3 | After resting for a while , it suddenly gets up , looks around and then sets off on one of its mad dashes . |
| 4 | While the really poor live in privately-owned , deteriorating homes — and about 90 per cent of the houses in Britain are still privately-owned — the new council houses are occupied by those who will pay up to twice or three times as much in rent , even after allowing for a subsidy of at least 8s. 6d. a week , and often far more , out of the general rates and taxes . |
| 5 | After allowing for a few thousand of natural increase , the Serb and Montenegrin population of Kosovo would have fallen from 237,000 in 1981 to about 220,000 in 1986 . |
| 6 | It was realised ( admittedly in connection with problems over legal aid payments , rather than dissolution of partnerships ) that difficulty might ensue where a solicitor continued to practise after applying for a renewal only to have his application eventually rejected . |
| 7 | Closer to home , those naughty boys from SUGARBLAST were chased out of Hyde Park by jobsworths after disrobing for a photo session by the Serpentine . |
| 8 | After pausing for a second he must have relented , because he told her that if it was any help she could borrow benches and trestle tables . |
| 9 | He picked it up crossly , but after listening for a few moments , his expression softened and he nodded twice . |
| 10 | Sophie laughed as she picked up the instrument , then , after listening for a minute , she said , ‘ Oh , yes . |
| 11 | After deliberating for a little while , the priest selected one and carried it towards the fire . |
| 12 | Middlesbrough deserved their win after leading for a long spell , though manager Lennie Lawrence 's heart must have sank when Tranmere snatched an 86th-minute equaliser . |
| 13 | He was found by a mountain rescue team near his home in Edmondstown , Rhondda , on Sunday , six days after going for a walk with his two terriers named Sweep and Red . |
| 14 | The jury had been told how Emma and Becky Harper , 17 , agreed to a sex session in the barn after going for a drink at a pub in the village of Uckington , Glos . |
| 15 | They took out large orders of tea and coffee on cardboard trays , and after wondering for a while if they were anything to do with the film business Lucy finally decided that every last one of them was probably either a builder or a shopfitter . |
| 16 | Transport cost so much that it was virtually impossible to make a profit by importing anything that could be produced locally ; although salt cod was brought across the Atlantic , in general nothing but luxury goods like gold , silver , furs , and spices would yield a reasonable return after paying for a costly ocean voyage . |
| 17 | Then , after waiting for a specified length of time , the hair can be shampooed in the usual way . |
| 18 | He was reliever to feel a slight tug as the parachute eventually opened ; it was bitter cold but fortunately he was being blown away from the capital 's fires , and after drifting for a time , hit the ground ‘ like a wet sack ’ . |
| 19 | CHEERING crowds greeted Jack Lammiman and his crew when they sailed home to Whitby , North Yorks , after following Columbus 's route to America — where they were rescued after drifting for a month with engine failure . |
| 20 | After calling for a return to work they organised a series of campaigns , about censorship , the campaign for the eight hour working day . |
| 21 | He was transfer-listed at Pounds 150,000 last week after asking for a move and Trinity offered Gary Price in exchange . |
| 22 | CONSISTENT full-back John Kay will sign a new two-year contract after the Cup final , while Paul Hardyman , happy again after asking for a move earlier in the season , is considering a new deal . |
| 23 | José Napoleón Duarte , 64 , President of El Salvador in 1980-1982 and 1984-1989 , died on Feb. 23 after suffering for a long time from cancer . |
| 24 | After closing for a year to refurbish its exhibition rooms the Diozesanmuseum has reopened with an exceptional exhibition of rare manuscripts from the Biblioteca Apostolica in the Vatican , ‘ Vaticana — liturgy and devotion in Medieval times ’ . |
| 25 | After staring for a moment , Schaffer straightened and blinked . |
| 26 | The voyage took eight months , and after stopping for a short time in Malaysia , we arrived in the Gulf of Tongking . |
| 27 | Mr Ellis spoke at the Monteleone Hotel , New Orleans , where he and Miss Stott from Bridgewater Court , Eccles , Manchester , booked a room on Tuesday , after arriving for a holiday they had planned months ago . |
| 28 | Some were worse after sitting for a while ( for example when driving ) and the pain was then sometimes relieved by stretching . |
| 29 | CHARTBUSTERS Was ( Not Was ) wo n't return to France in a hurry after touring for a few miserable days . |
| 30 | ‘ I tell you what , ’ he said , after thinking for a few seconds , ‘ as you 're so keen on horses why not come up to the farm when you 've got some time to spare and help my young niece in the stables ? |