Take this example:
AったらB
Could this mean, "After doing A, B happened?"
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Sign up to join this communityYes, if B is in the past tense. This adds a flavor of surprise at the results to the sentence.
「食事できた」といったら、ぼくらが食べなかった!
Source: Tae Kim