Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their coastguards used fairly brutal methods to discourage it : after intercepting one ship they cut off Captain Jenkin 's ear — upon which , he later told a committee of the House of Commons , ‘ he committed his soul to his God and his cause to his country . ’ |
| 2 | BATTLE of Britain hero Alexander ‘ Sandy ’ Black , 72 , was jailed for 12 months yesterday after defying SEVEN lifetime driving bans . |
| 3 | Joseph Conroy , 27 , who was high on heroin and alcohol , stood to attention with his hand in the air and shouted ‘ Sieg Heil ’ after firing six shots in the shop , in Southwark , south London . |
| 4 | The whole of Cope 's foot , after firing three volleys , found themselves within five minutes of the start of the battle fighting hand to hand , bayonet against broadsword , and a mass slaughter , mainly by claymore , followed . |
| 5 | JASON , in spite of his tendency to go to the loo in the middle of lessons and to complain of ‘ guts ache ’ after eating five KitKats , is a neat operator . |
| 6 | After touching 23 cents , Bond Corp shares closed at 25 cents , down 4 cents on the day and compared with A$1.78 at the beginning of the year . |
| 7 | He had been retired since 1979 after completing 42 years ' service — 12 of them on the main board . |
| 8 | retired in October after completing 41 years service . |
| 9 | GENERAL clerk Yvonne Bristow from Risley , has retired after completing 13 years in Systems and Equipment Engineering Department . |
| 10 | Lord Findlater wrote in favour of a young man named Robert Ross , who had returned to Britain after completing two voyages as midshipman in Captain Haldane of Airthrey 's ship , the Duke of Gloucester . |
| 11 | I was approached by my head of RE , Marie Kelly , last summer , after completing two years of A-level study at St Mary 's College , Wallasey . |
| 12 | Senior Assistant Chief Constable David Cushley leaves the force after completing 37 years service . |
| 13 | retired from , where he was export services manager , in May 1982 after completing 43½ years of loyal and valuable service to the Company . |
| 14 | Dorothy Tyson has been made churchwarden emeritus of St Nicholas 's Church , North Grimston near Malton , after completing 30 years as warden . |
| 15 | After completing 35 years service as a chemist , retired from Louth . |
| 16 | JOHN BARNES , recovering from an Achilles injury , could play in next Monday 's Premier League game against QPR after completing 90 minutes as Liverpool reserves lost 3–0 to Blackburn . |
| 17 | ‘ Three nice putts , three very nice putts at the end , ’ said 41-year-old Crenshaw after completing 54 holes over Arnold Palmer 's Bay Hill course in 210 — six under par . |
| 18 | After completing three rounds of the Barkhor we left to return to the nunnery separately . |
| 19 | After completing three quarters of a loop the model is reluctant to pull out of the ensuing dive . |
| 20 | The news of the imminent announcement broke when he was enjoying a private buffet lunch given by Anglesey Borough Council after completing three engagements . |
| 21 | Wg Cdr ( " Mad Doc " ) Winfield DFC , AFC — and no braver man ever took to the air , after completing 127 sorties — was found dead by his wife halfway up the stairs with a tray of morning tea , which might be a sort of warning to those of you and there may be a few who do get up to make your wives cups of tea . |
| 22 | AFTER completing 33 years at Chapelcross Ken Johnston — who is office manager in the Accounts Department — decided to close his own working account and retire . |
| 23 | Harper had to drop out of the race with badly blistered feet after completing 80.53 miles . |
| 24 | Western Legend , off the course all last season with leg problems after gaining four victories early in his chasing career , returned to top form last month when scoring unchallenged in an amateur riders ' chase at Wincanton . |
| 25 | Gateshead were hoping for a home draw , but they will go into the game full of confidence after defeating 1990 winners Barrow in the second round on Saturday . |
| 26 | COAL bosses were branded Scrooges last night after sacking 40 miners on Christmas Eve . |
| 27 | FARMER Ged Humphries was blasted with a shotgun after challenging two poachers . |
| 28 | A CITY council leader launched a bitter attack on the Government yesterday after announcing 3,000 job losses . |
| 29 | Two novels of the 1720s point the contrast in public attitudes to the American colonies of the two countries in an odd way : the Abbé Prévost 's Manon Lescaut and Daniel Defoe 's Moll Flanders are about prostitutes , both of whom are transported to the new world , but Manon dies from exposure in the arms of her faithful des Grieux after walking six miles from New Orleans , while Moll Flanders settles down with her fifth husband to reckon her net worth in cash and tobacco before returning from Virginia to London . |
| 30 | Dr Mardell arrived in Konjevic Polje on Wednesday after walking 15 miles from Srebrenica where the UN commander in Bosnia , Gen Philippe Morillon , of France , was suffering difficulties of his own . |