Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] after the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last autumn Mr Alton threatened to stand down after the party 's Harrogate conference endorsed a strong pro-abortion line . |
| 2 | Rachel asked her to come back after the show , when someone would take her to her sister 's lodgings . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Against the odds , Simon was able to play on after the interval and was an instrumental part of our fight-back . |
| 4 | The whole affair , however , failed to gain the status of a diplomatic issue and started to calm down after the New Year holiday , leaving bad feeling between different groups of students . |
| 5 | Oxfordshire and west Buckinghamshire beginning to calm down after the rush hour this evening . |
| 6 | Lord Peyton has the right to stick to his guns and he 's disinclined to give in after the majority he won last time . |
| 7 | Even where it is possible to clear up after the day 's work , another couple of unpaid hours work is added to the women 's costs and subtracted from those of her employer . |
| 8 | Despite the destruction , church services went ahead at the weekend in five churches in Armagh as workmen continued to clear up after the IRA bomb attack on the courthouse . |
| 9 | The temporary monopoly provides , before the fact , the assurance that if the search for a new discovery is successful the inventor will be able to cash up after the fact . |
| 10 | He could , perfectly casually have asked Lorrimer to stay on after the meeting ; why had n't he ? |
| 11 | ‘ If they want me to stay on after the World Cup I will consider that . |
| 12 | The directors Jim Johnston and Sandy Moffat are to stay on after the Deanses agreed that an independent chairman be appointed to the board . |
| 13 | BRISTOL City striker Leroy Rosenior accused referee Martin Bodenham of being ‘ a disgrace ’ because the official hassled him to get up after the former West Ham ace was knocked senseless . |
| 14 | ‘ They have to get back after the show . |
| 15 | That is what the Labour party intends to bring in after the next election . |
| 16 | He had needed to wind down after the spiralling tensions of the day , and once again he felt the company warmth and support that had sustained him through the day . |
| 17 | Rupert had not specified what the ‘ friends ’ consisted of , so nobody could have known about the anthropological colleague and his wife and their children aged seven , five , and three , or pictured Rupert going to church alone on Christmas morning , helping to wash up after the adequate but plain Christmas dinner , spending the evening talking shop , and retiring early to his hard uncomfortable bed . |