Example sentences of "go [adv prt] after [art] " in BNC.

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1 A big clear-up operation 's now going on after the three-day rave which attracted more than ten thousand people .
2 You 're going back after the normal four days , are n't you , Taff ? ’
3 The Italian dirty tricks department worked overtime as Galvano 's management tried to scream ‘ no contest ’ , claiming a head clash caused the badly cut left eye that meant their man could n't go on after the third round .
4 At a show in a dilapidated disco in Barrow-in-Furness , I went on after a community pantomime , in which the wicked witch — a local Labour councillor — was booed off by trade unionists involved in industrial action .
5 ‘ But on the other hand , ’ Emily went on after a wait , ‘ the girl also said to me suddenly one day , when I thought she was trying to read back dictation , ‘ I ca n't get through the spring without a man . ’
6 ‘ And the château had become anathema to him , ’ she went on after a moment .
7 ‘ You can buy me a bodystocking if you like , ’ Bryony went on after a pause .
8 ‘ No , cara , ’ he went on after a moment , ‘ a Taurus man is n't the right mate for you . ’
9 ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval .
10 TMI did much to reemphasise the importance of these techniques in the assessment work that went on after the accident .
11 Rateable values can go up after an appeal
12 WILLIE WOOD 's quest for the world indoor singles crown , which began back in 1982 , reached another dead end yesterday when the 1989 runner-up went out after a titanic five-set battle with England 's Mel Biggs .
13 The detective inspector went on , in tones totally devoid of emphasis , ‘ Unfortunately Dr Iverson went out after the dinner-party to pay a late visit to a man with pneumonia about whom he was worried an so can not tell us anything about the time immediately after the guests had left .
14 I went out after the thief , I waited for him to return , and God pity me , I killed that innocent man ! ’
15 but erm it had sorted itself out after , well more or less after a week or two a lot of the evacuees of course did n't stay very long , they went back home because erm I know mother had a , a little boy from erm Guildford when we lived at Debenham and er he went back after a while , the mother used to come down and visit him from time to time , they were very , came from very poor circumstances and the
16 I thought that I would have plenty of time to work once the children went back after the 10-week summer holiday .
17 Right in that case its probably a better idea if we go out after the exams , if you want , I mean , do n't you do n't have
18 You do not go out after a dragon with hounds and huntsmen ; nor with gangs of labourers to dig pits and set fires and lay traps .
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