Example sentences of "and after [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extra blankets were removed and after a bedbath his skin felt cooler . |
| 2 | He pointed to the green roll and after a pause to the navy . |
| 3 | And after a pause , he went on , ‘ I sometimes think you 've got something on your mind , Joe . |
| 4 | He breathed deeply and his chest rose , as if his heart wanted to fly out of its cage , but he said nothing , and after a pause Miss Oliver continued , ‘ Do come and visit my father , Mr Rivers . |
| 5 | Wycliffe did not answer and after a pause Maurice went on : ‘ What will happen now ? ’ |
| 6 | Lord Scarman did , however , mention the section at several points in the course of his speech , and after a consideration of its provisions and other matters said , at pp. 188–189 : |
| 7 | You are invited to a party and after a couple of drinks you decide a few crisps or nuts will not hurt . |
| 8 | I 've been a sportsman all my life and after a couple of years away from the game on a daily basis , I 'm happy to be coming back . |
| 9 | Eventually he put his shoulder to it , and after a couple of bruising attacks the door fell in — and he with it . |
| 10 | Still , I 'm glad I stole Friday and Saturday to see the boys , and after a couple of hours ' sleep , I awoke refreshed and looking forward to the arrival of David Grindrod for lunch . |
| 11 | Plants will normally come to bloom earlier in a greenhouse than outside , but in either case the most propitious time for the operation is during a spell , and after a couple of days , of bright sunny weather . |
| 12 | Take this turn and after a couple of miles the road narrows incredibly through the hedges and stone houses of the village . |
| 13 | Many diets fail because they do not provide the variety of foods that the body craves and after a couple of enthusiastic days the willpower begins to weaken . |
| 14 | They are extremely active little animals and after a couple of weeks , as soon as their fur is grown and their eyes are open , they start to supplement their mother 's milk with insects and other invertebrates that they find for themselves . |
| 15 | I phoned the Packard Bell hotline and after a couple of days ' wait they were very helpful . |
| 16 | Kell , his back exposed to many knives , was bizarrely blamed by Churchill for the ‘ skill and daring ’ of the submarine that destroyed the Royal Oak , and after a couple more botched jobs was summarily dismissed . |
| 17 | The audience was n't going to let Del Amitri get away and after a couple of minutes to catch their breath back , Justin and company returned to give us some more . |
| 18 | she said well it happened to me , it 's the chemicals on the skin of the fruit and the tomatoes , that 's what brought your spots on and after a couple of days or whatever they went away . |
| 19 | Holden battered the free-kick against the wall and after a scramble the ball fell to Henry , who struck a low shot from more than 30 yards past Lukic . |
| 20 | But a stroke left him paralysed , and after a spell in hospital he moved in with his daughter and son-in-law . |
| 21 | Distinctions were soon lost , and after a spell of being known as Alba the country became once and for all Scotland , though some of its boundaries were still in a state of flux . |
| 22 | Mailed and heavily armed knights were an upper military class , with associated servants who undertook the many tasks needed to maintain both knight , horse and arms , before and after a conflict . |
| 23 | In general , the right technical skills and professional standards , understanding of the clients ' needs and requirements , keeping to deadlines , prompt responses and regular communication before , during and after a transaction were the factors most commonly identified as important . |
| 24 | I was visiting Cobham with a friend and after a look around we called into the Ship public house for refreshment . |
| 25 | In addition to its use for accompaniment and for playing before and after a service , it is commonly used as a solo instrument during the course of worship . |
| 26 | Cook revelled in their spirit and tenacity and after a camping tour to the Holy Land in 1869 he wrote : |
| 27 | Slowly , very cautiously , Jack stood up and after a minute walked softly towards the Monument . |
| 28 | She watched carefully , and after a minute or two she saw that the thing was a grin . |
| 29 | No answer suggested itself , however , and after a minute or two he became aware that as these thoughts whirled through his mind he had been staring down at the grilles confining the Chinese coolie families . |
| 30 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |