Example sentences of "[vb infin] after [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make people feel that their own poor life is ever so little , beautiful and poetical ; then they will begin to turn and seek after the treasures of beauty and poetry outside and above it . |
| 2 | And a new book claims William Shakespeare wrote none of his plays but did look after the costumes and take the money on the door . |
| 3 | Andrée said not unreasonably , ‘ Why not do as I ask you and let me look after the consequences ? ’ |
| 4 | Christians will see in this the biblical command to ‘ look after the widows and the orphans ’ and it seems that churches are uniquely placed to provide this sort of support . |
| 5 | Since we needed someone to skin and look after the specimens we collected , we eventually employed a lanky youth called Yusuf German who had worked for a Greek taxidermist in the town . |
| 6 | In return she 'd look after the ponies , school them and play polo . ’ |
| 7 | He outlined his scheme in a letter to Henry IV of Germany , whom he fondly imagined would look after the interests of the papacy in his absence , But within a year Gregory and Henry were at war , and Gregory had to divert his ‘ crusade , to deal with enemies nearer home . |
| 8 | If guides are not being paid , why should they look after the interests of their ‘ clients ’ ? |
| 9 | Let's , like , build our own company that will look after the interests of creative people like us . |
| 10 | Mr Deputy Speaker it shows it can be done and I hope others will look after the interests of their tax payers as well . |
| 11 | Neighbours who were unwary enough to let the Misses Lovelock look after the chickens in their absence rarely found any eggs awaiting them on their return , and in some cases a plump chicken had died . |
| 12 | Her mother could look after the chickens , and he would pay for the children to go to school . |
| 13 | Hayling , Walsh and the others gravely signed undertakings to appear in the prospectus that they would look after the shareholders ' money and manage the company in a ‘ responsible and profitable manner ’ . |
| 14 | Thomas Tate , of Battersea Training School ( for teachers ) , whose students had to help look after the pigs ; Charles Godfrey , who helped found mathematics education as a discipline in its own right . |
| 15 | And , indeed , she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins . |
| 16 | ‘ You gave me your word , Laura , that you would look after the twins to the very best of your ability . ’ |
| 17 | The civilians would look after the waves of foreign investment lapping into Thailand , while the armed forces would retain their grip on many state-owned enterprises and would be given a free hand to run Thailand 's relations with its neighbours . |
| 18 | Not only has the house been turned into a nursery for the children of staff , but the pupils — all male in this comprehensive-turned-direct grant school — help look after the babies . |
| 19 | " But who will look after the geese ? " |
| 20 | A group of mums working on a one day per week rota can look after the arrangements for this . |
| 21 | Let's go and just have a drink , Ted 'll look after the kids , your Lucy can sleep in Frieda 's bed , be a bit of company for her . ’ |
| 22 | So why do n't you admit supplying and then John can stay out and look after the kids , like ? ’ |
| 23 | I got offered a part-time job in a bakery at the weekends , and he said he 'd look after the kids , but he never did , so I could n't do it . |
| 24 | Who 'll look after the kids ? |
| 25 | Who will look after the children ? |
| 26 | I may never see you again , but you have Mrs Gracie with you , who will look after the children and the house . |
| 27 | She is employed at the stores five evenings a week and on Sundays , and says the Sunday hours mean her husband can look after the children while she works . |
| 28 | Well I suppose probably people li like nursemaids and er and er what they used to call in those days mothers ' helps , who used to sort of be a general skivvy around the house and would look after the children , and , and , and they were the same , they had to be in I think at , at sort of ten o'clock at night . |
| 29 | I will look after the children . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Of course , ’ she added slyly , ‘ there 's no reason why you could n't look after the children . |