Example sentences of "after a [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poll is being held to replace Sinn Fein 's Hugh Brady who resigned his seat last month after a drugs conviction . |
| 2 | Shooter , described in court as a salesman , was caught after a plain-clothes police officer posed as a courier taking the first of the blackmail money to a pick-up point at Edinburgh Airport . |
| 3 | So that , when she went to the headmistress with what I was supposed to have done to her as we were changing after a singles tennis game , of course everyone believed her . |
| 4 | Riots erupted in the Mount Pleasant area of Washington DC , on May 5 , hours after a police officer shot and critically wounded a Hispanic man . |
| 5 | Two people have been charged with firearms offences after a police operation to smash a gun ring . |
| 6 | Support for the US-installed Endara government fell sharply and its legitimacy was further undermined in December 1990 when US troops intervened to restore order after a police rebellion [ see p. 37912 ] . |
| 7 | Riot police in Oxford clashed with youths over three nights from Sept. 1 after a police crackdown on " hotting " — racing stolen cars through Blackbird Leys estate at high speed ; a woman suffered severe stab wounds during clashes on Sept. 3 . |
| 8 | The Sheffield United manager , who was accused of foul language and making a V-sign by Chelsea fans , was cleared after a police investigation . |
| 9 | A lot of people like it because basically th er when you look after a police dog it becomes your pet as well , you take it home with you and you take it to work with you , and the u you 'll have a police dog for sort of like its working life of seven to eight years , so basically you 're gon na have him for seven to eight years and he becomes a fa like a family pet . |
| 10 | ‘ This has really taken off for us in a big way , ’ George told Sunday Life after a sports luncheon at Belfast 's Europa Hotel on Friday . |
| 11 | New recruits to Medau came forward after visiting the stand at the Royal Norfolk Show , and more joined after a Promotions Week in the Lowestoft area organised by Marlene McGee and Jane Fisk , with Come-and-Try sessions and demonstrations by Oulton Broad class members . |
| 12 | He was replying to Ernie Ross , Labour MP for Dundee West , who said the workers had lost their jobs after a disputes procedure which had followed the Government 's employment law to the letter . |
| 13 | He was replying to Ernie Ross , Labour MP for Dundee West , who said the workers had lost their jobs after a disputes procedure which had followed the Government 's employment law to the letter . |
| 14 | Pentos , the Dillons bookshops group , slithered all the way down to 56p , 14p lower on the day , after a profits warning . |
| 15 | Engineering group Wheway dipped 5p to 7p after a profits warning . |