Example sentences of "[v-ing] after [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | mother you do not have to stay there , why , I mean he 's quite capable looking after himself for a weekend , you know my father had a series of stroke 's when he was in his fifties |
| 2 | Theda stood looking after them for a moment , aware of her own burning curiosity . |
| 3 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 4 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 5 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |