Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] after the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police charged off after the fictitious yobs and we rushed in the opposite direction back to the track ! |
| 2 | Against the broad yellow light Cameron and Menzies could see the officer in silhouette , walking his horse forwards to meet a crowd in the road where it levelled out after the sharp rise from the bridge across to Grandtully . |
| 3 | In expanding their empire , the British had habitually sought out local agents through whom to impose their authority , and though these arrangements often broke down after the initial period of contact , sometimes they did not . |
| 4 | Inevitably , the pace of legislative change slowed down after the hectic activity of the first Hundred Days . |
| 5 | They scuttled off after the other boys . |
| 6 | Replacing the highly popular Mr Dubcek was no easy task , but on the grounds that Janos Kadar salvaged something in Hungary when he took over after the popular uprising of 1956 , Mr Husak might have achieved something . |
| 7 | Artemis 's horse whipped round twice , plunged and bucked , and then with Artemis , much to its apparent displeasure , still well on board , took off after the leading group . |
| 8 | I thought that I would have plenty of time to work once the children went back after the 10-week summer holiday . |
| 9 | ESSEX police are hunting a motorist who ran off after the stolen car he was driving overturned . |
| 10 | But Kendall 's patience with his struggling stars ran out after the dismal defeat at Sheffield United edged the Merseysiders closer to the relegation zone . |
| 11 | Despite the absence of press photographers , Branson agreed and even jumped in after the floundering financier . |
| 12 | The Rules Sub-Committee , set up after the Extraordinary General Meeting in 1983 , and comprising Basil Peacock , Jim McDonald ( Captain ) , Alec Stevens and ‘ the Club 's solicitor as needs be ’ , produced two draft sets of rules , the crucial difference between them being the definition of ‘ member with full voting rights ’ , i.e. seven-day male only ? or all other categories ? ( e.g. social , ladies and five-day ) . |
| 13 | To this end we will be working closely with Music Aid , a group of volunteers from the music world who set up after the tragic Ethiopian famine in the mid nineteen eighties . |
| 14 | Union officials held an hour-long meeting with Mr Clarke at the Home Office , urging him to retain the pay formula set up after the bitter nine-week strike in 1977/78 . |