Example sentences of "and [vb pp] after a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a poor house Ellen and not clean but it is cheap and furnished after a fashion and best of all lies next to the Casa Guidi which raised my spirits . |
| 2 | There are numerous picturesque villages , ruined abbeys , and historic houses within easy driving distance , including Sledmere House which was built in the 1750s and rebuilt after a devastating fire , using the original plans , in 1911 . |
| 3 | Founded in 1637 and rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824 . |
| 4 | The single , which was originally issued in 1981 and deleted after a run of 2,000 , served as a blueprint for the band 's ‘ Uncertain Smile ’ , recorded after they had signed to Epic . |
| 5 | By international agreement , all pieces of a given shower are catalogued as a single meteorite and named after a nearby geographical feature ( it can be a town , a post office or prominent natural feature ) . |
| 6 | The repository will be located at Sighthill and named after a former 19th century deputy clerk register Thomas Thomson . |
| 7 | The diagnosis was complicated as four days earlier a 14 year old boy from the same school had collapsed and died after a short illness of severe diarrhoea , which proved to be due to a fatal Salmonella enteritidis infection . |
| 8 | A YOUNG mother told a court today that she felt dirty and humiliated after a prison strip search . |
| 9 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 10 | He often comes down to the evening meal drained and exhausted after a day of writing his name at the bottom of letters like these . |
| 11 | Some — like that of Ryno the medic , exhausted and saddened after a struggle to save the life of a fellow constable — show how very young most men are when they are caught up in armed conflicts . |
| 12 | He blinked and stretched , feeling relaxed and contented after a good night 's sleep , although there was a bitterness at the back of his throat . |
| 13 | Two Commandos had taken their boots off yesterday evening and found after a couple of hours standing to they were unable to get them on again , both feet had swollen badly . |
| 14 | Now Bimbo , the pet of Vivian Fullerton and her husband , Ron , is restored to health and able to play and run after a ball again . |
| 15 | As originally laid there was also a single line curve from Lower Church Street towards Sutton , but it was rarely used and removed after a few years . |
| 16 | She could see only through a watery mist and realized after a moment 's panic that she still had her reading glasses on . |