Example sentences of "after [v-ing] [adv prt] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We found Prune Island , as Palm was known in those days , after calling in for a spot of sight-seeing . |
| 11 | After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a tree nearby . |
| 12 | Racecourse officials and race starter Capt Keith Brown could also face heavy fines after coming in for stiff criticism . |
| 13 | Aintree race course officials and National starter , Capt Keith Brown , could also face heavy fines after coming in for stiff criticism . |
| 14 | After staring about for some time , they ran across to a little mound some way away and looked again . |
| 15 | The single-engine Socata vanished from radar screens after taking off for Mull from Blackpool on Saturday . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 19 | After messing about for a while , they roped in drummer Anthony — Derbyshire born , now a Nottingham resident — and discovered common musical ground . |
| 20 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 21 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |
| 22 | The next night Geoffrey Appleyard went in alone , and after scouting round for the two agents he was to meet , he abandoned all caution , running up and down the beach shouting for them and waving his torch . |