Example sentences of "[vb infin] after [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many have to do with the aims and purposes of the writer , who may strive after qualities such as brevity , or elegance or drama , or precision , or logical clarity . |
| 2 | This is not the sort of complaint one would expect after years in which Downing Street was running riot by appointing one maverick after another . |
| 3 | The ideal end state is reached when the student can accurately assess her own performance , but this will only occur after periods of meeting externally set requirements . |
| 4 | Do NOT use after brassicas or where clubroot is a problem . |
| 5 | You 're old enough to learn that you must n't run after men . |
| 6 | Ann will look after things for a few days . |
| 7 | ‘ I was the kind of person who would sit back and let my manager look after things , ’ he says , ‘ and that 's never a good idea . |
| 8 | That , that 's her main , she used to sort of look after things and baby-sit for us in the evenings . |
| 9 | You said you would look after things . |
| 10 | She did n't need to plead for long ; soon the authorities realised that this determined woman could look after students better than anyone . |
| 11 | We informed the committee that regardless to the fact that they were trustees , they were in no position to challenge Mr Maxwell and under those conditions then they felt that the the law should be changed that the Trust Law was n't sufficient to er look after pensions , because they felt that in certain circumstances in fact gave evidence to the committee , various people gave evidence along those lines , that they were almost powerless against Mr Maxwell and that 's . |
| 12 | The Horse Rangers Association was founded in 1954 by Raymond Gordon FRSA to teach young people from the age of seven and upwards how to ride and look after horses and ponies . |
| 13 | And we could look after cars at the er reserve matches . |
| 14 | But many commentators saw only a decline in the desire to rear or look after children , a weakening of the cohesive effects of the family , and an associated diminution of the buoyancy of the stock in terms familiar at least since the Boer War . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Walter Sanders expressed indignation at Labour 's scheme to provide nursery schools , not merely because of the cost but because he thought mothers should look after children at that age . |
| 16 | They seem to think that teenage mothers ca n't look after children properly . |
| 17 | But you asked me , do you believe that your wife can look after children |
| 18 | and that would look after children for ever |
| 19 | Well it would be something , it would be a bit of paper that say that I can look after children under five , I could go and run a play group or do whatever and earn some money |
| 20 | In McNeile 's there were no changing rooms or showers , only foot baths in which we could wash after games , and only two baths and five lavatories for forty-seven of us . |
| 21 | However , you should pause after jokes for two reasons . |
| 22 | Backing up Bedu admirably were Rita and Jean , who worked hard and paced us well , so that we could still walk after hours of exercise . |
| 23 | Another patient who has multiple sclerosis is not cured but she can walk after years of being wheel-chair bound . |