Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun sg] after [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would dip blanket after blanket in boiling water , wring them out almost without realising that I was scalding myself , take off the old strips of saturated cloth , wrap the new ones round each leg and tuck them into the corners of affected muscles , but half the time not really knowing what I was doing . |
| 2 | From there she would stare hour after hour through the branches of the trees above as they swayed against the ever-changing sky , as if she was waiting to catch a glimpse of something precious she had lost a lifetime before . |
| 3 | The convention would take effect after ratification by five states . |
| 4 | I could not finish them until after Dana had left for the States , when I would sit day after day beside my desk , trying to write , while on the other side of Avondale Buildings the children screamed and shrieked in the playground . |
| 5 | We would sit hour after hour on either side of my table , exchanging glances , kisses , embraces , smiles — and the words of our poems . |