Example sentences of "after it [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why initially did the stock market react favourably to the increased dividend declared by Lloyds Bank after it had made a loss of 224 million in the financial year 1986–87 ? |
| 2 | A similar 10 per cent tax had been announced in 1987 [ see p. 35723 ] with effect from January 1989 but was dropped in April 1989 after it had provoked a flight of capital abroad [ see pp. 36597-98 ] . |
| 3 | The resting record was analysed to determine the highest pressure recorded in the anal canal after insertion of the probe ( maximum basal pressure ) and then 20 minutes later , after it had achieved a stable baseline ( minimum basal pressure ) . |
| 4 | From The Moth , journal of the DH Moth Club , this member 's account of an accident which befell his pristine Tiger Moth last summer soon after it had undergone a complete rebuild at Maypole Farm in Kent and had accumulated only a handful of flying hours . |
| 5 | Over 60 years later Walworth Road has not been widened , the freehold is now vested in the appellant second to fourth defendants , who purchased the property from the first defendant , the London Residuary Body after it had issued a notice to quit , the defendants have no road making powers and it does not appear that the road will ever be widened . |
| 6 | More than three months after it had won a parliamentary majority in a multiparty general election , the Bulgarian Socialist Party ( BSP — the renamed Bulgarian Communist Party ) finally abandoned in September its efforts to build a grand coalition government including the main opposition Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) . |
| 7 | Grundy rescued it for the Channel 10 network after it had proved a massive flop on rival Channel 7 . |
| 8 | Joshua , seven , landed the pike following a five minute fight after it had taken a dead dace to 15 lb line . |
| 9 | Mr Ford 's plane ran out of fuel after it had taken a battering in Atlantic storms in May 1943 . |
| 10 | It asked the Stock Exchange to freeze dealings in its shares at 47.5p , valuing the company which is based at Romford , Essex , at £439 million , after it failed to pay a preference share dividend . |
| 11 | Receivers called in to keep the shipbuilding company afloat after it failed to win a Ministry of Defence helicopter carrier order were meeting union officials this morning . |