Example sentences of "after [art] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the things she 'd been thinking , his touch would probably make her burst into flames . |
| 2 | Some years earlier , John Wood tries ‘ however quaint the thought may appear … to feel as the cottager himself ; and for that end to visit him ; to enquire after the conveniences he wanted , and into the inconveniences he laboured under ’ . |
| 3 | In spite of these precautions I had to throw away many more balls , after the embryos they contained died , than Boulenger has ever handled ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 4 | After the wounds he 'd seen in his time , how could one little splinter have such an effect ? |
| 5 | Since we needed someone to skin and look after the specimens we collected , we eventually employed a lanky youth called Yusuf German who had worked for a Greek taxidermist in the town . |
| 6 | After the prayers they went up in turn and kissed Moran and then Rose who returned their kisses warmly , and they slipped away to their rooms . |
| 7 | Michael and Denny also look after the gardens they laid out in front of the old house and the walled garden beside the clockhouse . |
| 8 | But after the boys they seemed tiresome : too demanding ; wanting love as well as sex ; too many ideas about how it should be done , and which position they liked best , and whether they came or not . |
| 9 | ‘ After the photographs I showed you ? |
| 10 | After the meadows they had left , this was a strange , forbidding land . |
| 11 | In the event Mazzin was after the notebooks we 'd stuffed down the front of our pyjamas . |
| 12 | After the words he had written to her , it was churlish of her to avoid him , but she dreaded any interview because of what she must say . |
| 13 | To throw in the towel would mean the end of misery , a shower , clean sheets , good food and reunion with my family after the months I had spent in training camp . |
| 14 | He had great respect for Palmerston , but ‘ after the speeches he had heard him deliver on this subject , he would be extremely sorry to obey his edicts on matters of taste ’ . |
| 15 | After the recordings we had mixing sessions . |