Example sentences of "[to-vb] after [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are those who prefer to promote the rumour that CDs are hardly long-lasting and likely to self-destruct after a few years . |
| 2 | You may have experienced something similar with shampoo : use the same one for too long and the remarkable results you may have seen at first begin to diminish after a few washes . |
| 3 | Firstly , to look after the professional craftsmen living and working in our area , and secondly to make the crafts more easily accessible to the general public . |
| 4 | If we are to look after the legitimate interests of the preserved railways , one or two changes need to be made to the Bill . |
| 5 | She must have saved herself about thirty pounds a week having you there , because she used to pay her neighbour to look after the two children for her while she was out at work . ’ |
| 6 | But , instead of being able to sit back and enjoy this baby , she has also to look after the other children who may only just have left the baby stage themselves . |
| 7 | I 've sent my sister in to look after the other lads . ’ |
| 8 | More will have to go in order to recruit the highly-paid staff from the nuclear industry to look after the nuclear installations ’ inspectorate 's work on Britain 's revived nuclear power programme . |
| 9 | The logic of the approach by Robert White was very sound and , to be frank , it was a very attractive offer and one had to look after the institutional shareholders . |
| 10 | He had to leave after the first rehearsals when the only line he could remember was the one he 'd tried on the leading lady the night before . |
| 11 | Although most children remain well as long as they stick to their diet , a few seem to relapse after a few years for no apparent reason . |
| 12 | Both represent such a considerable departure from previous practice , however , and share so many features in common , that it has taken a while for the dust to settle after the major upheavals of recent years and for the difference between them to emerge . |
| 13 | But what really was to happen after the forty-eight hours ? |
| 14 | But in time Christian people came to ask after the fundamental values of Christianity ; such that slavery then became an impossibility . |
| 15 | But , with the Christmas party season in full swing , revellers are warned to stop after a few glasses . |