Example sentences of "[v-ing] after [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 2 | It 's a factual mistake , of course , because er , there are n't in fact deities looking after us in the way there were parents in , in childhood . |
| 3 | There were fans everywhere and people chasing after him in the streets . |
| 4 | I chase the ducks , paddling after them in the water , though I am a grown woman and topless like everybody else . |
| 5 | A succession of heavy trucks rumbled down Amwell Street as Graham turned onto it from Rosebery Avenue ; they were big grey lorries , stone or chippings carriers with great corrugated sides and a plume of dust trailing after them in the near-still air , Graham was heading slightly uphill now , and slowed his pace accordingly . |