Example sentences of "after [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 July 24 : Viscount 816 PK–RVU of Mandala Airlines crashed into Mount Liliboy on Ambon Island , Indonesia during bad weather 10km from touchdown at Pattimura Airport after circling in the hope of a break in the poor visibility .
2 If locally at y the second part of eqn ( 6.16 ) is to be satisfied after transforming to the unprimed coordinates we must therefore have .
3 After mulling over the idea for almost a year , Mr Chambers made the decision to leave Greenfield Human Resources — the agency he joined as a trainee in 1956 and left as a director — and set up on his own .
4 In addition to bringing down interest rates by another two per cent , he has to establish the right monetary policy after sticking to the wrong one for two years .
5 The Italians are getting jumpy after drawing against the Swiss in Cagliari .
6 I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it .
7 Feeling worn out after preaching to the thousands who flocked to hear him , he found renewed stimulation and encouragement for his ministerial labours .
8 " " Woodnesse " " , " madness " , itself becomes a theme of the tale , as Nicholas screams " " as he were wood " " ( 3814 ) on being branded , and Alison and Nicholas assert that John was " " wood " " after crashing to the ground in his tub ( 3833 ) .
9 Eight girls , two boys and their teacher , all dead in the wreckage of a minibus , burned out after crashing into the back of a motorway maintenace lorry on the M-Forty .
10 The Rothmans Honda team leader , in his ‘ home ’ grand prix , came under early pressure from defending champion Wayne Rainey , who was anxious to score some points after crashing in the opening round in Japan two weeks ago .
11 Belgian Stefan Everts yesterday had his spleen removed in emergency surgery after crashing in the German 250cc motocross Grand Prix on Sunday .
12 Meanwhile , a cyclist was still fighting for his life yesterday after crashing in the Yorkshire Dales .
13 A CYCLIST was still fighting for his life yesterday after crashing in the Yorkshire Dales .
14 She came in every day , after seeing to the babies , if there was no-one about .
15 Lorry driver Mr. Leslie Parsons , 51 , lost control of the 28-ton lorry after colliding with the H-reg. car .
16 After singing through the song once or twice I then say .
17 Most of the day-to-day trade came from the man in the street , and it would be wrong to infer that every coffin-maker and funeral furnisher hungered after catering for the top end of the market .
18 But still he held off arresting Gandhi , though other leaders were quietly put away , and thousands of Indians were arrested after wading into the sea to collect water for salt .
19 After wading through the comprehensive 40 page manual you may have some idea of what to do as , yet again , it 's simulation time !
20 Paula Harrison , 22 , is seriously ill in hospital after tumbling into the River Tees from the former railway bridge at Gainford , near Darlington , late on Saturday night .
21 Hateley was shown the red card for pushing away defender Rudi Cossey , who indulged in some play-acting after tumbling to the ground .
22 I hobbled my shameful way from First Buttress North on Lundy as the sun 's last rays winked over the darkening sea ( and last orders for food were being called at the island 's only pub ) after tumbling from the very last move of the 90ft first pitch of Road Runner .
23 Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order .
24 After speeding across the moors and winding through woodland he at last found her and together they flowed slowly as one out into the Hamoaze .
25 Green records when he has had a particularly good meal : after eating at the Swan in Grasmere , with Anne , he writes ‘ the dinner good and cheap , all cheerful …
26 It is n't a good idea to climb hills after eating at the Naked Man — ideally you should find a quiet corner and sleep it off like a boa constrictor does after it has swallowed a goat or two too many .
27 For this writer it began when , shortly after stepping off the plane in Johannesburg , it became apparent that a few stitches sustained by the All Black winger Terry Wright in a training accident was deemed as worthy a front page news story as the continuous blood-letting in the Natal townships between rival ANC and Inkatha factions .
28 He had failed to notice the approach of the goods train , which was being pushed backwards , and was hit by the leading wagon after stepping onto the track .
29 He had first of all , as if in some extraordinary dream , after struggling through the dark tunnel , seen her in bed , seen her dark bright eyes , reflecting the candlelight , gazing calmly at him ; and he had imagined her to be a child , a boy .
30 Again in 1948 , after struggling through the war years , for which services they were grossly undercompensated , these 4 grouped companies , virtually bankrupt , were nationalised , and the less profitable lines , often many of them rural , were closed and the tracks lifted .
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