Example sentences of "after him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 2 | Really she 's after him for his money . ’ |
| 3 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 4 | His mother could not be traced , but the tiny corpse was recognised by a lady who had looked after him for some time , before she , as many others , had done before her , had innocently replied to Mrs Dyer 's advertisement , disguised by the nom de plume Mrs Thomas . |
| 5 | Will you come look after him for us ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I was assigned to look after him for a while , ’ Harvey answered . |
| 8 | Afterwards , the representative from the film company said , ‘ I 've been looking after him for two weeks and that 's the first time I 've seen his teeth … . ’ |
| 9 | My dad would say , Stay well away from them , he was always afraid they were after him for all the taxes he had n't paid . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Oh yes , he ditched Graham who 's looked after him for over ten years through thick and thin , and mainly thin , in favour of Mike Martinez . ’ |
| 12 | That bastard Harley dumped me after I 'd looked after him for nearly ten years . |
| 13 | He ignored her question ( " because I 'm a woman " , thought Miriam ) but smiled soothingly and said : " Will you look after him for me , Mrs Lang ? |
| 14 | He was supported by a most devoted wife who looked after him for many years until , late in his life , he rejected and abandoned her for a younger woman . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Oh , yes , he was himself again , he would be trailing this glory after him for as long as it still shed lustre . |
| 17 | ‘ Let's hope so , ’ she said , and told them that her parents were furious because Josh , her grandmother 's lodger , had left all his money and possessions to Kate and not even mentioned her grandmother who had looked after him for years . |
| 18 | It had made the Marchese a small fortune when he sold it to the deputy of the English connoisseur in Naples who was going to ship it away in boxes ; it was being stripped from the walls when the Government heard of it and came and sealed up the villa again , but not before one of the intermediaries had sliced enough off the top of the deal to pay his passage to America , promising to send after him for his family . |
| 19 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 20 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 21 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
| 22 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 23 | Ace followed her , prudently shutting the big sliding glass doors after him for more privacy . |
| 24 | We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll look after him for me , wo n't you ? ’ she 'd said to me after we 'd got him unpacked and she could n't think of anything else which might prevent her from leaving . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | There was a long long silence , then , ‘ Look after him for me , Leith , ’ Rosemary requested , and rang off . |
| 28 | been round there once or twice after him for a different thing . |
| 29 | Look after him for nothing ? |