Example sentences of "after [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
| 2 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
| 3 | After meeting him for the first time , Vincent thought that he must be wealthy . |
| 4 | She took the boxed flower and then , after holding it for a moment and wondering what to do with it , laid it down alongside her place setting . |
| 5 | After studying her for a moment in silence , he added , ‘ What possessed you to take off your shoes and come charging out of the alley like that ? ’ |
| 6 | A MAN shot dead his teenage daughter after mistaking her for a burglar . |
| 7 | After watching them for a while I suggested that they might try to keep most numbers constant and change just one . |
| 8 | Joseph and his mother , after watching them for a moment , turned and strolled away to inspect the dead calf . |
| 9 | Mechanical things were not her strong point ; after watching her for a couple of minutes , Melissa could stand it no longer . |
| 10 | In his turn , Tran Van Hieu knelt to perform the same silent acts of obeisance as the older man , but after prostrating himself for the third time , he remained on his knees and to his children 's surprise began to pray aloud . |