Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] after [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told him I was after the five G's . |
| 2 | Wang Laboratories Inc has reported a third quarter net loss of $87.2m after restructuring charges of $75.8m , up from a loss last time of $6.3m , which was after a pre-tax gain of $29.4m from sale of assets , on turnover down 36.1% at $294.8m ; net loss for the nine months was $153.4m , up from a loss last time of $22.9m , on sales off 29.2% at $1,006m . |
| 3 | The woman in the shop that sold antique clothes was already busy with a customer who was after a white crepe de Chine 1920s dress that had gold sequins in thick crusty-looking roses all round the hips . |
| 4 | Black labradors draped over chairs looked as ‘ buggered ’ as one of the ladies said they were after the four hour walk in the wake of their shooting husbands that morning . |
| 5 | It was after the nine , but now it 's after the four |
| 6 | It was after the first snow and I followed the clanging ploughs up the Dale , bumping along between high white mounds till I reached old Mr Stokill 's gate . |
| 7 | Oh it was after the First World War because everything was rationed and you could n't buy onions but er I 'd say it was about seventy years ago |
| 8 | As we discussed in Chapter l , it was after the Second World War that the behavioural revolution which had begun in the inter-war period swept the Faculties of Social Science . |
| 9 | It was after the Second World War that the class distinction in station facilities disappeared , although it remained on the trains . |
| 10 | Full-back Ernie Rhodes hailed from Tees-side , but he joined the Palace as a young man in the summer of 1913 , making his Palace debut in the ensuing season , although it was after the Great War that he made his major contribution . |
| 11 | Although measurements in small watersheds were undertaken in the late nineteenth century , it was after the mid twentieth century that the movement developed very rapidly and absorbed the attention of some physical geographers . |
| 12 | It was after the prescribed absence that the woman was dismissed . |
| 13 | It was after the 1990 England v Ireland game at Twickenham that Paul Ackford casually mentioned to one of the Irish players that his team knew it had only to withstand Ireland 's 20 minutes of blood and guts to win easily . |
| 14 | It was after the third year of struggle that we decided to go militant . |
| 15 | JC : He was after a musical performance , but , as always , he was deeply interested in the characterization and the theatrical dimension of the role . |