Example sentences of "after [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sister looked after me for a week . |
| 2 | Miguel promised to look after me for a year while I got some business experience before going to university . ’ |
| 3 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 4 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 5 | Theda stood looking after them for a moment , aware of her own burning curiosity . |
| 6 | She 's going to look after them for a little while |
| 7 | mother you do not have to stay there , why , I mean he 's quite capable looking after himself for a weekend , you know my father had a series of stroke 's when he was in his fifties |
| 8 | Progress in the 19th century lay in improving refining techniques , in finding new uses ( especially in catalysis and electricity ) and discovering new sources , principally in the Urals — after which for a time the Russians adopted platinum coinage . |
| 9 | ‘ It is time that someone began to look after you for a change , Julia , ’ he said seriously . |
| 10 | Hordes of admirers screech that they would be only too willing to take Kylie home and look after her for a while . |
| 11 | Maurice stared after her for a moment . |
| 12 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 13 | Snappy bounded after her for a few yards , then scampered away to follow his mistress . |
| 14 | No , yeah I 'll come with you , you go off and stay with Joyce , look after her for a little while and let Kenneth sort things out ! |
| 15 | Oh , indeed so , erm our domestic life is extraordinarily complicated but when , after my maternity leave expired and when I 'd finished having time off and breast feeding the baby , he in fact looked after her for a term in Cambridge and I came back to Sussex and taught during the week and went back to my daughter and husband at weekends , and now he 's actually taking leave in his turn , if you like , so that he can be the back-up here while I teach and do my work this year . |
| 16 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 17 | His cutaway heel is world-class stuff , and with a patent in the pipeline I can think of a number of major manufacturers who 'll be after him for a slice of the licensing action . |
| 18 | ‘ I was assigned to look after him for a while , ’ Harvey answered . |
| 19 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 20 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 21 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 22 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 23 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
| 24 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 25 | been round there once or twice after him for a different thing . |