Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 2 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 3 | After tossing restlessly for half the night , she managed to get a couple of hours ' sleep , and woke up in the morning feeling very angry with herself . |
| 4 | After tossing restlessly for more than an hour , Fran got up and crept from the room and down the stairs , hoping that a cup of tea would soothe her nerves . |
| 5 | His blue Vauxhall Astra car was on the drive where Mr Miles had parked it after driving home for lunch yesterday . |
| 6 | Wright battled back into the senior side and scored in the Mersey derby defeat at Everton — but only after filling in for injured Steve Nicol and David Burrows . |
| 7 | For when Erik and her husband , Trevor , from Oxford , eventually decided to tie the knot after living together for eight years , the prospect of a conventional white wedding did n't even enter their heads . |
| 8 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 9 | I began trying to play ‘ God Save the King ’ , but after tapping away for an hour with one finger I had n't made much progress . |
| 10 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 11 | After going comfortably for nearly an hour Pat Connolly reported that he was losing engine pressure . |
| 12 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 13 | She turned to me at one point , after going non-stop for twenty hours , and said : " I just ca n't remember your name " . |
| 14 | You mean that after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand ? ’ |
| 15 | He took it , and after turning restlessly for some time , he eventually fell into a deep , heavy sleep . |
| 16 | A WORKER was fired after nipping out for a Coke and ice during a 15-hour shift at a sweltering print works , a tribunal heard yesterday . |
| 17 | After waiting around for some considerable time to see if there was any chance that Elector Carl Theodor would offer him even a temporary appointment , Mozart was informed that it was not to be . |
| 18 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We found Prune Island , as Palm was known in those days , after calling in for a spot of sight-seeing . |
| 20 | After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a tree nearby . |
| 21 | Racecourse officials and race starter Capt Keith Brown could also face heavy fines after coming in for stiff criticism . |
| 22 | Aintree race course officials and National starter , Capt Keith Brown , could also face heavy fines after coming in for stiff criticism . |
| 23 | After staring about for some time , they ran across to a little mound some way away and looked again . |
| 24 | The single-engine Socata vanished from radar screens after taking off for Mull from Blackpool on Saturday . |
| 25 | The general conclusion of these analyses was that unemployment and imprisonment were related , in the sense that , after controlling statistically for the level of crime and numbers convicted , an increase in the level of unemployment led , on average , to an increase in the numbers incarcerated . |
| 26 | This attractive young Woodbrook player , three down on the 13th , seemed to have a superb match against Eavan Higgins all wrapped up after jumping ahead for the first time on the 17th , but lost her ‘ thinking cap ’ completely down the last . |
| 27 | Certainly Andy Roxburgh , the Scotland coach , must believe so after arriving here for Wednesday 's crucial World Cup qualifying match against France carrying a trio of injured players . |
| 28 | In 1911 , after playing professionally for the Southern League side Leyton , he was bought by Sunderland for £1,200 . |
| 29 | After washing up for five days , the 4th Bottesford Pack in South Humberside raised enough money to buy daffodil bulbs which they planted beside their church car park . |
| 30 | Manager Dick Graham immediately went back to his former club , West Bromwich Albion , and purchased Welsh International , Tony Millington to take over but , by the end of the year it was Jackson who was earning praise in the Palace goal after standing in for the injured Welshman and making his home debut against Cardiff on 28 November 1964 , and by the end of the season ‘ Jacko ’ , as he became popularly called , was in undisputed possession |