Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] after [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The option of staying at school or returning after the birth of the baby is often not a very popular one . |
| 2 | ( 1 ) attitudes towards the nature of representation , ( 2 ) behaviour within council groups , ( 3 ) preference for governing the city as a whole or looking after the interests of a ward , ( 1 ) preference for dealing with general policy issues or with individual problems , ( 5 ) preference for specialisms in one aspect of council work or generalizing over them all , and ( 6 ) attitudes towards the involvement of community organisations in the government of the city ( Newton 1976a:114 ) . |
| 3 | I had met him every day of my life in England : punching my ticket on a ‘ bus , cutting my hair , selling me an evening newspaper or looking after the engine of my aeroplane . |
| 4 | It was the kind of secondary schooling that the Local Education Authorities wanted for their new secondary schools created or adopted after the Act of 1902 , and by 1944 the image of the grammar school as the path to success was finally embedded in popular imagination , and in the practical politics of the Labour party . |
| 5 | But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ? |
| 6 | Replace any belt or harness after an accident . |
| 7 | If that was the case then the caveman 's body would need to be ready to dive into the bush , or run after the rabbit , catch it , and kill it for food . |
| 8 | Data recording and assessment of results were carried out by a member of the unit who did not participate in endoscopic treatment or looked after the patients . |
| 9 | 4 Go to a party in old clothes , then put on your best suit or dress after the party . |
| 10 | Since the counter-insurgency campaigns of the early 1980s , the country has become highly militarized , and those indigenous groups which have returned from hiding or exile after the destruction of their homes and villages have been strictly controlled . |
| 11 | She struggled up , wiping a lump of mud from her forehead , and gazed after the car , which had not even slowed down . |
| 12 | It is a poor house Ellen and not clean but it is cheap and furnished after a fashion and best of all lies next to the Casa Guidi which raised my spirits . |
| 13 | He still felt naked and drained after the speech , yet now was the time to be weaving more individuals firmly into thy spreading fabric . |
| 14 | To Iron Josh , stiff and bruised after the discomfort of his journey in the cart , even a kitchen chair had looked inviting . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was over a titbit on the floor and occurred after a period when they growled at each other at feeding time . |
| 17 | That may be so ; but on the other hand , if the plaintiff 's contention is correct , the solicitor may abstain from delivering his bill for 20 years , and then at the end of that time he may deliver it and sue after the expiration of a month from its delivery . |
| 18 | After a time teaching in a Scottish school , Fettes , the degree got him a fellowship in mathematics at his own college of Magdalene ; where he remained the rest of his long life — teaching mathematics , holding various college offices , going every week to Emmanuel Congregational chapel , and becoming after a time one of its deacons or church officers . |
| 19 | The male guards the next , aerates the eggs and looks after the larvae until they are able to feed for themselves . |
| 20 | Acknowledgements are brief and appear after the reference list ; grant and contribution numbers are not allowed . |
| 21 | I wound down the window of the car and shouted after the woman , ‘ Kilturk ? ’ |
| 22 | The single , which was originally issued in 1981 and deleted after a run of 2,000 , served as a blueprint for the band 's ‘ Uncertain Smile ’ , recorded after they had signed to Epic . |
| 23 | While 11 per cent were worried about flying , 90 per cent said they felt better and refreshed after a holiday . |
| 24 | In fact so much bullion was melted down and dispersed after the heist that this Christmas many women could be given jewellery made from the haul . |
| 25 | In the event , he was defeated and fled after the death of most of his forces . |
| 26 | The branch falls through it into the shaft and drops after the man . |
| 27 | Like the little half-eaten ostrich so expertly reconstructed by Gould back in England , much of what Darwin had seen on the voyage had to be reassessed and re-evaluated after the event . |
| 28 | The devaluation was intended to assist a revival of exports and came after the announcement of October 's trade figures , the worst since January 1987 . |
| 29 | The exceptional strength and durability of Roman concrete was due to the substance pozzolana , a volcanic ash , found in quantity in the volcanic areas near Rome and Naples and named after the village of Pozzuoli where the best quality supplies were available . |
| 30 | Even the duck used for Tai Bai Duck ( a dish handed down from generation to generation and named after the Tang dynasty poet Li Tai Bai ) despite being supplied by Cherry Valley , is , promises Jermey , authentic , because the company supplied much of China 's duck breeding stock . |