Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] after the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He speaks directly to us in the first person and he expresses something very like fear and even self-pity , the distress of the poet , seeing himself as a kind of natural victim , and it may be the distress of the puritan living on after the Restoration and afraid of the wild route , which is Charles the Second 's court , though I think we can be a little sceptical of this and we certainly do n't know with sufficiently accuracy when Paradise Lost was written . |
| 2 | Although advertising is picking up after the recession , most in the industry only expect fairly modest growth . |
| 3 | Early this morning , in the darkness of his bedroom , waking up after the nightmare , he had almost given way to panic . |
| 4 | Reason demanded that he should recoup his strength before turning back after the verderers . |
| 5 | So far he had attended Mass at St Basil 's only once , sitting at the back and hurrying out after the service before anyone could speak to him . |
| 6 | He found Franks in his laboratory , scrubbing up after the autopsy . |
| 7 | She was speaking out after the deputy leader of Durham County Council , Bob Pendlebury , warned the dispute between the British Government and the European Community about the allocation of European grants could hit the county hard . |
| 8 | He went running off after the boy down the tunnel , dodging people and cannoning into others . |
| 9 | Tell him to join the society which I 'm starting up after the programme . |
| 10 | Standing there and scowling and telling Mrs Gotobed that he was n't coming back after the war , that he was n't going into the shop … |
| 11 | Then the soldiers started coming back after the war , and we got new members of staff — earnest young men who got all intense about everything . |
| 12 | Monday was always busy with everybody stocking up after the weekend and by the time he arrived back at Number 112 for his afternoon tea he was exhausted . |
| 13 | I 'm talking about cold sausages , tidying up after the kids , and a school activity day . |
| 14 | Vultures rarely kill their own food , but are known for tidying up after the kills of bigger mammal predators such as of lions . |
| 15 | It was , said the Examiner , ‘ an unusual sight to see the crowd hanging about after the match instead of rushing for the tramcars . |
| 16 | More film roles are expected to come rolling in after the Oscars on 29 March , although Thompson claims she is a no-hoper for glamorous parts . |
| 17 | Since then the story in Europe has been essentially one of settling down after the storm . |
| 18 | In the 1988 General Election in Sweden the Social Democrats had a huge sympathy vote lingering on after the murder of Olaf Palme while he had been Prime Minister some years before . |
| 19 | Mr Davies warned that with the extra costs of clearing up after the floods , other services could be hit unless the Government changed its mind . |
| 20 | And it was about that that Peggy now spoke to Mrs White , saying , ‘ I bet you had some clearing up after the mob on Friday night . ’ |
| 21 | We had stopped trailing around after the men in the left , contorting ourselves in the hope of receiving some grudging crumbs of approval . |