Example sentences of "after [verb] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be honest , after paying 2.50 for the shareware disc and 10.00 for the registration fee you would save yourself money and disappointment if you went to your local bookshop and bought two books on sales techniques . |
| 2 | And after scoring four for the first time in a European game , he said : ‘ I 'm proud and privileged to break such a great player 's record . |
| 3 | The German double world sprint champion was suspended with team-mates Grit Breuer and Manuela Derr last September after testing positive for the drug clenbuterol , which some scientists argue is a stimulant and not an anabolic steroid . |
| 4 | After lying still for a few minutes , I threw back the duvet , got out of bed , walked to the door of the bedroom , opened the door , switched on the landing light , walked across the landing , opened the bathroom door , went into the bathroom , put the basin plug into the plughole , turned on the hot tap , ran some hot water into the wash basin , looked in the mirror … |
| 5 | There is evidence that , in living species too , ‘ fossil genes ’ occasionally come into their own again , and are re-used after lying dormant for a million years or so . |
| 6 | After staying awake for a hundred and forty four hours . |
| 7 | After playing this for a while , I reckon the original mark ( 38% , Issue 73 ) was a mite generous for a game that does n't rely on skill in the slightest — you just need to memorise the entry and exit points of the Gremlins and use the same movements , screen after screen with no variation . |
| 8 | After practising this for a while the next stage was to get the wing overhead . |