Example sentences of "[vb infin] after [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he did n't answer after three rings , she would put it down . |
| 2 | However , some people do strive after alternative ways of organizing ‘ family ’ life and it is to a brief examination of these that we now turn . |
| 3 | It was a terrible job , standing there for eight and a half hours — because you did n't finish after eight hours . |
| 4 | WARS in the Middle East do not finish after six days any more . |
| 5 | It is obviously important to the managers of such organisations to be able to predict by how much the process will improve after particular lengths of time and numbers of products made . |
| 6 | ‘ The department has no authority to make Caldaire sell and that particular clause will lapse after ten years , when the company would then be able to sell to the highest bidder . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't think that he could look after other countries , although the same sort of precedent could no doubt apply for example , the former French prime minister , there 's probably quite a few of them around , could be found to go |
| 8 | Bob Kloak is to lead a technical support team , staffed with local expertise , while Isaac Oak , a native Russian , will look after major accounts . |
| 9 | Bob Kloak is to lead a technical support team , staffed with local expertise , while Isaac Oak , a native Russian , will look after major accounts . |
| 10 | Older children may look after new additions to the family and learn about being a parent by doing so . |
| 11 | Disadvantages : You may find yourself doing ‘ unfair swaps ’ ( ie , you 'll look after three children who are still playing wargames at 10pm , while the exchange sit involves watching TV while your baby sleeps peacefully ) ; if the circle is big , you may find you 're leaving your children with a virtual stranger ; you may also find that the circle involves a male babysitter ( see overleaf ) . |
| 12 | Can you look after those folks . |
| 13 | in other families there may be a close friend who will help out and look after younger children |
| 14 | For some events your clients may participate in a trade show or exhibition and simply ask that you take care of press relations during it and help look after important visitors . |
| 15 | Sherwood Computer Services Plc has taken on 34 key staff previously employed by Premier Systems ( London ) Plc , which has ceased trading ; finance director Charles Taylor said Sherwood had known the Oracle house quite well before trouble hit , and would gaining expertise in open systems development , support and consultancy ; Premier specialised in systems for large City investment and financial customers ; the staff will be completely integrated into Sherwood 's London headquarters , forming a separate unit within it , and their skills will complement the September 1992 acquisition of Consort Data Ltd ( CI No 2,017 ) ; Leicester-based Consort does back office systems for smaller than average regional brokers , so Sherwood can now look after both ends of the market ; it is keen to win over Premier 's former customer base , and expects to sign a number of new contracts shortly ; the group is looking at buying Premier 's assets when a liquidator is appointed . |
| 16 | This means he will get the backing of the crowd for 90 minutes and that is invaluable at Old Trafford where , if you do n't score after 20 minutes , things can go quiet and even the boldest of players can become intimidated . |
| 17 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 18 | The requirement in English and Welsh legislation that liability to detention must stop after six months of leave of absence is absent from the Scottish act , which allows for extension beyond six months . |
| 19 | If any of these conditions are not satisfied , an appropriate error message will be generated and LIFESPAN ABLE will stop after all files have been scanned . |
| 20 | If not an error message will be generated and LIFESPAN ABLE will stop after all files have been scanned . |
| 21 | Even hardy explorers needed strongpoints to which they could return after exhausting expeditions into unknown regions . |
| 22 | When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’ |
| 23 | Kersey said : ‘ I find it hard to believe that anybody , even a nut , would murder after thirty years of procrastination . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 'll let me go after six months ? ’ |
| 25 | Youngsters suffer headaches , fatigue and lose the ability to socially interact after many hours playing the solitary games . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm afraid everything 's not as I would like it to be here — you know , of course that we 've been without a Marshal for two months now — not that I ca n't cope after twenty years service in this village , but even so — ’ |
| 27 | Why would we go out and spend fifty quid on a lighter that we 'd lose after two weeks ? |
| 28 | How do they get after fifteen years ? |
| 29 | It has been confirmed that Francis Lorentz , chairman and chief executive of state-owned Groupe Bull SA , will this week retire after 10 years in office : his successor will be Bernard Pache , a mining engineer who is currently managing director of Charbonnages de France . |
| 30 | At the end of the year , Roy Naylor , production director at Barlaston , will retire after 25 years with the Wedgwood Group and nearly 40 years in the industry . |