Example sentences of "and after an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | bedsit and after an hour and a half |
| 2 | Willie was given a small spade and after an hour of removing a tiny section of earth he began to forget that he was surrounded by strangers and gradually became absorbed in his digging . |
| 3 | At the studio it becomes apparent that it will not be appropriate to being a class here , and after an hour we leave . |
| 4 | Gower settled in , and after an hour , square-cut Aqib juicily for his fourth four , only then to under-edge a cut and rather unluckily play on . |
| 5 | Well I was n't that nervous , but er I had a go and after an hour or so I got quite confident on me own then . |
| 6 | And on our way to the crocodile farm erm we past some beautiful countryside , and on the way back one of the two jeeps broke down and after an hour they decided we would have to leave it . |
| 7 | It was a smell he had come to associate with Auguste Didier 's kitchens , and after an hour in Naseby 's company , it was all the more welcome . |
| 8 | We pressed on down the Gulf and after an hour or so my radio lad in the back gave me a chit — " The Argosy has been found , return to Bahrain " — and so , led by the squadron commander , John A. MacDonald commanding No 55 at that time , we were led back to Bahrain . |
| 9 | Five years later , and after an initial ‘ thrashing ’ by Birmingham for the British nomination , the bid is more substantial than a local headline , £2 million more , the Duke of Westminster and a dozen of Britain 's blue-chip companies and corporations each persuaded by Scott 's vision of a North-west renaissance to dip into their accounts for at least £100,000 . |
| 10 | Robert Burns called John Tennant , ‘ a worthy , intelligent farmer , my father 's friend and my own ’ and his regard is borne out by the fact that when he was offered tenancy of Ellisland Farm , Dumfries , it was to John Tennant he turned for advice ; they travelled together to the farm and after an inspection , the older man recommended it to his young friend . |
| 11 | These were primarily pointing with normal vision and while wearing prisms , using the preferred hand , before and after an adaptation period . |
| 12 | Staff have also found it necessary to attend children 's hearings both before and after an assessment panel . |
| 13 | Analysts were mildly bullish following Storage Technology Corp 's first quarter report — figures , page five — and after an order imbalance on the New York Stock Exchange , the shares were up $1.125 or 4.7% at $25.125 in early trading on Friday : the numbers beat Wall Street expectations , and the company said that operating performance exceeded its expectations , largely as a result of the strengthening in the US enterprise-related business ; Europe remained slow as a result of weak economies , but the mid-range business has begun to benefit from new products ; cash grew to $325m from $118m at the end of 1992 ; it studiously avoided saying anything about the late Iceberg disk array . |
| 14 | A cry choked in her throat , and after an eternity he lifted his head , and stared down at her , his breath coming in harsh , roughened bursts . |
| 15 | The aircraft , in their allocated categories , were required to have their climb performance before and after an engine failure demonstrated and measured . |
| 16 | Sergeant-Major Riley was put in charge , and after an altercation with Mayne , Stirling was forced to admit that the Ulsterman 's strengths lay in fighting the enemy rather than in dealing with paperwork . |
| 17 | The subsequent growth of Teheran had made the previous royal quarters in town too cramped and after an attempt on the Shah life in 19965 , on of several that he survived , the family had moved to Niavaran . |
| 18 | That is what the jury thought too , and after an absence of two and a half hours returned guilty verdicts against all three . |
| 19 | This was privately admitted by senior officers who took over the running of the fund two years ago , and after an inquiry by the Charity Commission more than £3,000 was repaid from regimental funds . |
| 20 | Looking at the interview now in greater detail , here is a questionnaire to use both before and after an interview . |