Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British No 2 Chris Wilkinson , conqueror of Ivanisevic at Queen 's last week , also has a chance to make progress after drawing another Argentine , Daniel Orsanic , the late replacement for French Open champion Sergi Bruguera who pulled out complaining of exhaustion . |
| 2 | After submitting this paper for publication we received a copy of the paper by M. Davis et al. |
| 3 | Their coastguards used fairly brutal methods to discourage it : after intercepting one ship they cut off Captain Jenkin 's ear — upon which , he later told a committee of the House of Commons , ‘ he committed his soul to his God and his cause to his country . ’ |
| 4 | And after seeing second half goals from Anders Limpar and Ian Wright end his side 's Premier League duck , Graham said : ‘ When Arsenal are n't doing well the media seems to revel in it . |
| 5 | George Graham was amazed , too , after seeing another high-octane Arsenal performance lack only the finishing touch against a weakened Coventry side who manfully tried to keep pace with the champions . |
| 6 | Those interested in Provençal paintings should move on after seeing this show to the newly reopened Musée national des Monuments français in Paris , which is showing some of the same artists in an exhibition on Marseille until 5 July ( see p. 8 ) . |
| 7 | One kid in my neighbourhood , a Blood , came up to me after seeing this movie and he said , ‘ I 'm gon na go home and tell my mother she better not call me a motherfucker anymore . ’ |
| 8 | A relaxed Mr Keating , his Dutch-born wife , Annita , and their three daughters , posed for photographers at the prime ministerial harbour-front Sydney residence a day after defying political gravity and triumphing in a poll widely thought unwinnable . |
| 9 | BATTLE of Britain hero Alexander ‘ Sandy ’ Black , 72 , was jailed for 12 months yesterday after defying SEVEN lifetime driving bans . |
| 10 | Wharton has a big-money fight with Sheffield 's Fidel Castro , formerly Slugger O'Toole , with his title and Castro 's British title on the line , after producing awesome punching that cut Carr , put him down for an eight count and forced referee Dave Parris step in after 2min 7sec . |
| 11 | Surprisingly , after using this method , I have never had the problem of ‘ running ’ stitches . |
| 12 | Raiders got away with more than £600 after using cutting equipment to open a safe at the Leeds Permanent Building Society in Whitby . |
| 13 | In the Zambian capital of Lusaka , hundreds of people are facing possible radiation sickness after eating tinned beef contaminated in the Chernobyl nuclear accident . |
| 14 | Those who find crab indigestible may be interested in the advice proffered by Merle 's Domestic Dictionary and Household Manual of 1842 , to the effect that after eating fresh crab it is always advisable to take " a very small quantity of good French brandy , mixed with its own bulk of water " . |
| 15 | Anguita had resigned as general co-ordinator of the IU on Nov. 27 , after opposing some PCE members and members of other parties within the alliance who had argued that parties making up the IU should dissolve to form one party . |
| 16 | Oxford admissions were even more complicated then than now , and the preferred route was by taking scholarship examinations after completing Higher School Certificate . |
| 17 | One month after completing this treatment , the C-urea breath test was repeated to assess eradication of the infection . |
| 18 | ‘ After completing this paper [ MacRoberts & MacRoberts 1986 ] , we analyzed it . |
| 19 | The reader , after completing this book , must decide how much sense this makes . |
| 20 | And so Ian went north to Barnsley but , after completing another century of appearances for The Tykes , his link with Palace was re-established in June 1984 when he joined Steve Coppell as Assistant Manager here at Selhurst Park , and helped to fashion the team that restored 1st Division football at The Palace in 1989 , although by the time of Palace 's promotion , Ian had taken over as Manager of Swansea City . |
| 21 | After handling each recruit 's clothes the Chief-Corporal swilled his hands over with surgical spirit , wiping them dry on a piece of grey towel . |
| 22 | Had charges been made in excess of the ones recorded here , these excesses would have been called ‘ profits ’ or ‘ surpluses ’ , after maintaining initial capital intact . |
| 23 | He dominated the tie-break 7–2 and after allowing seventh-seeded Chang to hold his first service game of the third set , Sampras went on an amazing burst , running off 11 games in a row to lead 5–0 in the fourth before Chang won another game . |
| 24 | To set several tabs ( with the same alignment ) tap Ins for Insert after typing each measurement . |
| 25 | Bernadette 's fifteen year old son Patrick died a year and half ago after sniffing lighter fuel . |
| 26 | When you remove the old guttering , even if you find that the top part of the fascia board has not been painted at all , paint it now — after repairing any damage , including any caused by removing the guttering . |
| 27 | The miners were opposing company plans to introduce a continuous working day but finally called off the strike after accepting higher pay and bonuses . |
| 28 | After opening this campaign with a 6-0 , 6-1 win over Greece 's Christina Papaduka , Evert said : ‘ I feel I let the team down in that match two years ago . |
| 29 | Vice-captain Salim Malik , after gaining valuable experience in English conditions with Essex the previous season , had an amazing run of success . |
| 30 | After gaining another Youth Cup winner 's medal in 1978 , Billy became a dominant central defender alongside Jim Cannon and was a key member of the side that took the Palace back into Division One in 1979 with the best defensive record in the club 's history ; Billy also gained the first of his eleven England Under 21 caps that season . |