Example sentences of "[v-ing] after some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'eard — well , someone told me you was lookin' after some poor tart that 'ad 'urt 'er leg , an' young Linda said so . |
| 2 | Along with taking LSD and deciding after some very unpleasant attempts never to fuck again , attending Skegness was one of the most powerful and formative experiences of that part of my life . |
| 3 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |
| 4 | There was even a chapter in one book entitled ‘ The Home ’ in which the focus was on the man , portrayed relaxing after some ‘ Do-it-Yourself work . |
| 5 | Mr Milne was speaking after some 800 Breton fishermen smashed stalls and equipment at the Rungis market , emptied trucks of imports , crushed shellfish underfoot , pelted riot police with frozen fish and left hundreds of tons of seafood strewn on the ground . |
| 6 | The to infinitive is not used because one is not situating the incidence of the infinitive 's event to its support as coming after some other position in time at which the support is also represented , as was the case in ( 1 ) above . |
| 7 | If you 've mastered the basics of riding and are a competent rider lusting after some unbridled adventure , saddle up for trail riding — a trek lasting two or three days with overnight stops . |
| 8 | ‘ BVM ? ’ said Dalgliesh , his mind scurrying after some unrecognized make of car . |
| 9 | By the time the three-quarters mark of the set screeches past , you 're almost hankering after some form of relief . |
| 10 | Towards the end of the Christmas term 1990 , the staff of the Modern Languages Department were invited to a buffet dinner in Crescent House by Professor Noel Thomas , who was retiring after some 25 years as a member — and for much of that period a key member — of the Department . |
| 11 | More than any Prime Minister since Lloyd George , Mrs Thatcher appeared justified in proclaiming after some years in office , ‘ I have changed everything ’ . |