Example sentences of "it [vb -s] after [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere has to find it somewhere so it goes after the molecules locked in the glazes and that 's when the real magic happens . ’ |
| 2 | Propagation is done by dividing the sprouting rhizomes , which it develops after the first year , or by seed . |
| 3 | First , it looks after the security of America 's signals traffic by developing new cryptographs and operating procedures . |
| 4 | Barclays says it looks after the financial affairs of some 150 ‘ high technology ’ companies in Cambridge : three years ago the figure was 15 . |
| 5 | MMT has two main lines of business : developing , implementing and supporting custom applications ; and software facilities management , where it looks after the day-to-day operation of a customer 's software . |
| 6 | If it occurs after the time of supply then he will have a defence , although the retailer will be liable for breach of the implied terms under ss13-14 of SGA 1979 and analagous provisions in contracts of supply . |
| 7 | ‘ What is remarkable about it is that in its own way and by its own route it struggles after the same message as Christ . ’ |
| 8 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 9 | And so what it does after the first ten minutes , it says , look I 've had enough of this , what 's the grey haired old bugger on about now , oh , |
| 10 | I have treated the problem twice with MarinOomed , but it returns after a couple of days . |
| 11 | What characterises these speaker-initiated insertion sequences , then , is that the London English part of the speaker 's turn is a sequence embedded in the turn but not part of the mainstream ; it does not necessarily start at a syntactic clause completion point ( for example ( 8 ) , where it begins after a subject pronoun ) and its purpose is to elicit information , or check on information to make it possible for the speaker to complete the current turn ( Sebba and Wootton 1984 : 4 ) . |
| 12 | It begins after the aims and general content for a period of ward experience have been defined . |
| 13 | Like many cephalopods , it has a curious life cycle : after growing very rapidly , reaching sexual maturity in just four months , it dies after a single breeding session . |
| 14 | It comes after a frank interview given by Becky Blandford , Jamie 's wife , to a Sunday magazine , re-opened the rift between them . |