Example sentences of "after [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To explain the-timidity of these people , we need look no further than the example of Arthur Jensen , who , after devoting himself to the study of educationally significant individual differences , is declared by the press to be an advocate of segregated schooling for ‘ poor and black children ’ . |
| 2 | COMIC Mike Harding has had more than 30 poems published after submitting them under an assumed name . |
| 3 | They first went to The Hitman in Blackpool after seeing one on TV and have since been to at least 10 of the shows . |
| 4 | An interest in kestrels had developed among a group of boys after seeing one in a London street during a school trip . |
| 5 | In particular Jan had been impressed with Kylie after seeing her on The Zoo Family . |
| 6 | Oh , hell , she had no doubt hotfooted it to the store after seeing her with Leo . |
| 7 | Coward appears not to have liked poor Miss Langford because he also said after seeing her in Gypsy : ‘ Two things should be cut — the second act and that child 's throat . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Still keen on films after seeing them in action for a day ? ’ |
| 9 | AFTER seeing herself in a video , , receptionist at South East regional office at Burston , decided it was time to lose weight . |
| 10 | A million people think the University has an attractive campus after seeing it on BBC TV 's Nice Work drama serial in October . |
| 11 | I am very grateful and so was Paul because after seeing you on Tuesday night after you had left I noticed the vast improvement in Paul which was all down to your visit . |
| 12 | This could be the very desk where she cut up all the little boys and ate them , after cooking them with slugs and snails and puppy dogs ' tails . |
| 13 | I said to Schur , after reminding him of his promise , ‘ Tell Anna . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Then , after using it on video , any intensive listening tasks could be carried out on audio . |
| 16 | The first Vietnamese boat person to commit suicide in Hong Kong died in hospital on Feb. 18 , two days after hanging himself with his belt and four days after he had officially been refused refugee status . |
| 17 | Tracey Cole , 18 , was found in her room at Oxford 's Lady Margaret Hall , after hanging herself with a dressing gown cord . |
| 18 | If the user has the authority to do so , modules may be entered into LIFESPAN after including them in the module header of a package and instructing LIFESPAN to enter them . |
| 19 | Stella was afraid Babs might tell Dotty that she did n't wear a slip and that Dotty would rush out and buy her one , just as she had bought her a brassière after catching her in the wardrobe with her arms above her head about to be fitted for her Ptolemy costume . |
| 20 | Left alone with Carrie , Joe sat watching her pour the boiling water into the earthenware teapot , and after bringing it to the table and setting it on a stand , she smiled at him and said softly , ‘ How are you ? ’ |
| 21 | And even when it succeeds , there is still a chance that after pursuing it for some way another gazelle passing in front will impede it and its first , tiring target will be able to escape . |
| 22 | It is easier to reformat text after typing it in ( rather than before ) until you have had some practice . |
| 23 | The novice to word processing might find it easier to reformat text after typing it in than before . |
| 24 | BRITISH spy Ian Spiro left bloody fingerprints smeared on his son 's bedroom walls after blasting him in the head twice with a handgun . |
| 25 | ‘ Winning the Ulster final of the Barton Shield against Warrenpoint was a bit of a fairytale , after defeating them in the final of the Senior Cup ! |
| 26 | After protecting herself during her travelling years by dressing like a boy , she is temporarily hanging up her hat and exploring her sensual , feminine side . |
| 27 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 28 | REFEREE Peter Jevons threw a dictionary , so to speak , at Jeremy Tanner , 21 , after booking him during a match between Derbyshire village side West Hallam and local rivals Alvaston . |
| 29 | His flesh was red and raw , but even after wounding himself like that , which must have been pretty painful , he did n't stop . |
| 30 | ‘ There 's no such thing as a meaningless gesture , ’ he said , after emptying himself of that thought . |