Example sentences of "after [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors at King 's College Hospital , London , believe that Aisling Barnett , 35 , who suffered liver failure after reacting to a drug prescribed after the birth of her daughter , would have died yesterday if not for the operation . |
| 2 | Once the adult is much larger than a sperm cell , it pays some individuals to produce a small number of large gametes , rather than a large number of small ones , because a large gamete ( after fusing with a small one ) has a much better chance of surviving to become an adult . |
| 3 | A FIREFIGHTER who had to be airlifted to hospital after crashing through a footbridge into an isolated stream yesterday spoke of his ordeal . |
| 4 | FIREFIGHTER Gary Madill is lucky to be alive after crashing through a roof and smashing 25 feet to the ground . |
| 5 | Today Oxford Crown Court heard Walker was arrested after crashing into a police car , which blocked his path on a motorway slip road . |
| 6 | He died of a crushed chest , moments after crashing into a newsagent 's shop . |
| 7 | A TEENAGE driver who died after crashing into a tree was in a stolen vehicle , a coroner heard yesterday . |
| 8 | Cyclist George Rimmington , 72 , and motorbike rider Graham Brown , 29 , were seriously injured after crashing in a gale near Scunthorpe . |
| 9 | There was no question that he could have gone into some major productions and worked with some of the more notable directors ; he refused point blank , especially after seeing On a Clear Day . |
| 10 | This aircraft , together with S1263 and S1264 , was also modified to accept installation of three 825hp Rolls-Royce Buzzard IIMS engines , the first machine so updated flying in March 1932 , and being redesignated Iris Mk V. Both S1263 and S1264 were lost in 1933 , S1263 sinking after colliding with a launch in Plymouth Sound . |
| 11 | Below : Iris III S1263 fitted with Rolls-Royce Buzzard engines became the Mk V. This aircraft was lost in 1933 after colliding with a launch in Plymouth Sound . |
| 12 | Clarke had 14 stitches in a knee wound after colliding with a goal post in a reserve match before Christmas . |
| 13 | Up to this point as I said Leeds had been on top — this included a period when Hodge was off the field after colliding with a Crewe player and injuring his wrist , thus Leeds were down to ten men . |
| 14 | He had offered to resign after singing on a TV chat show just after seven men had been killed by the IRA . |
| 15 | Brave Angela , 55 , was pounded by flailing hooves — after wading through a ‘ mass of cows in a circle ’ to reach her pet lying unconscious on the ground . |
| 16 | HELICAL Bar , the property group run by Michael Slade , is slashing its dividend total from 10p to 4p , with a 1.6p final on July 1 , after tumbling from a £2.71m profit to a £6.49m pre-tax loss in 1991 . |
| 17 | The Royal Society had by the 1870s become an academy ; its elections were an accolade , bestowed after agonizing by a committee . |
| 18 | He was forced to give up football after stepping on a magnet . |
| 19 | Mildred had bought a mask which featured hair made from uncarded sheep 's wool , and which had produced moths only after hanging for a year on the landing of her staircase . |
| 20 | After struggling for a moment to stop it , I screamed and dropped the lot . |
| 21 | After recovering from a virus infection , Veronique Marot ( 35:57 ) knocked almost four minutes off the course record in winning the Huddersfield Road Runners 10K … |
| 22 | England marksman David Hirst has trained for the first time in five weeks after recovering from a cracked ankle , and is desperate to link up with Chris Waddle . |
| 23 | Norma Jones , left , wanted a change of image to cheer her up after recovering from a nasty injury . |
| 24 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 25 | But McHale will also consider youngster David Holmes , who has resumed training after recovering from a thigh injury . |
| 26 | Harry Collyer was a local boy from nearby Bromley , who joined us in September 1906 for what was only our second season , after impressing in a pre-season trial game . |
| 27 | After resting for a while , it suddenly gets up , looks around and then sets off on one of its mad dashes . |
| 28 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 29 | While the really poor live in privately-owned , deteriorating homes — and about 90 per cent of the houses in Britain are still privately-owned — the new council houses are occupied by those who will pay up to twice or three times as much in rent , even after allowing for a subsidy of at least 8s. 6d. a week , and often far more , out of the general rates and taxes . |
| 30 | After allowing for a few thousand of natural increase , the Serb and Montenegrin population of Kosovo would have fallen from 237,000 in 1981 to about 220,000 in 1986 . |