Example sentences of "set [adv prt] after the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood up , instructed her legs to stop feeling like jelly , and set off after the machine . |
| 2 | The UDA/UFF is now well-armed , say security sources , with weapons coming from the shadowy Ulster Resistance set up after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement in November 1985 . |
| 3 | According to the New York Times of June 29 , a softening of the US government 's previous stance against recognition of the regime set up after the September 1991 military coup in Haiti [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] was detectable after Marc Bazin was sworn into office as Prime Minister on June 19 . |
| 4 | So the Civil Contingencies Unit , the Cabinet committee set up after the miners ' strike of ‘ 72 , which I 've no doubt you were intimately involved in , in –74 actually delivered the goods . |
| 5 | In the same speech to Parliament de Klerk criticized the ANC for delaying disclosure of its reaction to the report of the working party set up after the government-ANC talks at Cape Town in May [ see pp. 37440-41 ] , which attempted among other things to define a political prisoner . |
| 6 | In recognition of the enormous contribution that their Service had made to the successful conclusion of WWII , the Air Council set up after the war a war memorial committee . |
| 7 | The claim is to be presented to the UN Compensation Commission , but the commission " set up after the war to co-ordinate claims against Iraq " has few funds at its disposal . |
| 8 | That emerged yesterday during a visit to Shetland by Lord Donaldson , who is heading the inquiry into shipping safety set up after the disaster . |
| 9 | Breakthrough are a new charity set up after the death of Daily Express woman 's editor Jean Rook to provide funds for research into breast cancer in women . |
| 10 | A Coast Guard cutter set out after the launch at 3 p.m. 10 |
| 11 | A keen owner of fast motor cycles and cars since he was fifteen , he set out after the war to be a racing driver . |