Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] after [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He claimed Mr Marland had agreed he should look after the site and demanded money . |
2 | He claimed Mr Marland had agreed he should look after the site and demanded money . |
3 | And he could write after a visit to Kano , with a degree of self-deception which reminds one of Sir Frederick Weld , that , though a mere two years before ‘ Kano was armed to fight us … |
4 | no the gourmet like detective yeah and they come in and they go God that was a tough crime and he 'd go after a crime I like something to eat and then he goes into the kitchen and he 's going |
5 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
6 | He would look after the government on as much of a care and maintenance basis as circumstances permitted , deciding only urgent matters and then only with Cabinet consent if this were possible . |
7 | Not only did this geezer Kev Knowles agree to turn out for us , he also said he would look after the programme as long as he could incorporate a number of religious tracts . |
8 | There are other things he has , on his own admission , not fully investigated , like the value of the DRG properties , or which part of the DRG business he would keep after the break up . |
9 | Gradually , however , the games became a bit to rough for Stan and he would retire after a while . |
10 | ‘ The raid scenes are terrific , ’ he would say after a day 's shooting flushed with love of his work . |