Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still trying to establish himself after the siege in the flooded crater . |
| 2 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 3 | Mait managed to calm himself after leaving the cell area . |
| 4 | The government began the attempt to extricate itself after a critical report by the Audit Commission in 1986 , which led to comprehensive reviews of community care policies ( Audit Commission 1986 ; Griffith 1988 ) . |
| 5 | • What your intense desire for Jim tells me is that you are a highly sexual person : one who has managed to heal herself after a difficult marriage and who 's now ready for a physical relationship . |
| 6 | Significantly , however , this ritual was not allowed to take place within the sacred precincts : the animal was burned whole ‘ outside the camp ’ , its blood was not offered at the altar but burned along with the carcass , and the officiating priest was required to cleanse himself after the sacrifice . |
| 7 | Will he agree that it would be appalling if we were to allow history to repeat itself after this election ? |
| 8 | Despite having 20 minutes to compose himself after being given advance notification of the exit poll result , the tension showed clearly on the Kinnocks ' faces as they they struggled to swallow bitter disappointment . |
| 9 | Women were found to be more likely than men to poison themselves after receiving psychotropics , and patients aged between 15 and 29 years had the highest rates . |
| 10 | The CDU and SPD had seemed close enough since 1960 on domestic and international issues to work together and the CDU were keen to rebuild themselves after a troubled period since 1961 . |
| 11 | God , if anyone was going to kill themselves after that , it was me — me , Inspector — not him . ’ |
| 12 | Tristan , no doubt anxious to redeem himself after the morning 's explosive beginning , was plying mop and bucket and swabbing the passage with the zeal of one of Nelson 's sailors . |
| 13 | Thompson , meanwhile , is giving King William the chance to redeem himself after the disappointments of Badminton in May , when a last day showjumping flop led to him being dropped from European Championship reckoning . |
| 14 | But Carssier thirty two insisted she only tried to defend herself after Rosemary repeatedly punched her ! |
| 15 | We are able to resume ourselves after sleep , after an alcoholic stupor , after an epileptic fit , after prolonged coma . |