Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a group is coming to entertain residents , then bring them in after an afternoon nap . |
| 2 | that 's all grown from leaves , just put the leaves in water and the little shoots come on them and then I put them in after some , when they 've got their little roots on them and they grow , that 's , that 's one I 've grown from , from just leaves and one in over there in the window I 've grown from leaves . |
| 3 | Supposing she let them down after dear Franz Busacher had connived and wheedled to make her acceptable to Gesner ? |
| 4 | Write to jog them along after three months . |
| 5 | ABC tracked me down after seeing some of the papers in my case and wanted to know if I could confirm what they 'd been told . |
| 6 | I think them through after the session or consult with colleagues . |
| 7 | Right and then others followed you on after that did they ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll cool you down after that , Ingrid . |
| 9 | Besides , the continual cloying presence of a bugger like that can wear you down after a while . ’ |
| 10 | For me , it was kind of an antidote to Nineties cynicism , which starts to get you down after a while . ’ |
| 11 | They 'll certainly let you in after this performance , " the Magistrate had said ironically as Mr Bradley made one or two more last-minute arrangements with Saint Peter for the opening of the celestial gates . |
| 12 | I 'll not need anyone till about lunch-time so you have your sleep in , but I may ring you up after that . |
| 13 | ‘ You certainly need something to buck you up after dealing with that scrum in Bamford . |
| 14 | If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ? |
| 15 | ‘ The regiment ca n't want you back after all these years . ’ |
| 16 | We 'll bring you out after Sunday , I 'll tell , we 'll tell them that |
| 17 | Several people have claimed the credit for the idea that if the LRDG could pick them up after a raid , it could also deliver them to within easy walking distance of future targets . |
| 18 | Even the middle-ranking provincial posts continued to attract humbler noblemen who often took them up after retiring from the army . |
| 19 | Next morning , a chauffeur-driven limousine picked them up after breakfast . |
| 20 | ‘ Was there a particular reason that caused you to look me up after all this time , James ? ’ |
| 21 | Yvonne wakes me up after an hour 's sleep and tells me I have to leave . |
| 22 | I think he picks me up after Coronation Street , are you going to be here ? |
| 23 | ‘ We lost some very promising dogs because owners asked for them back after a fortnight , ’ explained the spokesman . |
| 24 | ah , well better take them back after a while then |
| 25 | Were these real tears , or was he just squeezing them out after too much cognac ? |
| 26 | Zamaron bought the paintings of both Modigliani and Utrillo and let them out after a sobering night in the cells . |
| 27 | We got them out after the explosion but before the fire began . ’ |
| 28 | I 'll sort them out after |
| 29 | I asked if people like Shitwell , as we called him among other things , would shove me around after the revolution ; whether there 'd be theatre directors at all or whether we 'd all get a turn at telling the others where to stand and what to wear . |
| 30 | We took him on after the war , when we were a bit short-handed . |