Example sentences of "after he had [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only after he had asked for the bill that he said something that had her on guard again , although there was nothing about his lazy , ‘ Enjoy the party , did you , by the way ? ’ that should have caused her muscles — including her tongue muscles , it seemed — to instantly tighten . |
| 2 | She stared at him defiantly , and after he had ranted for a minute or so , the chief superintendent felt vaguely ridiculous so he lowered his frame into a cowering chair , and resumed the final polish of his palms . |
| 3 | It was second nature to him now to note the time by the illuminated dial of his electric bedside clock before he had switched on his lamp , a second after he had felt for and silenced the raucous insistence of the telephone . |
| 4 | It was only after he had reached for it that he realized he was carrying my groceries around . |
| 5 | The Colonel went towards the road to press forward the attack down the main street , a grenade that fell between his feet putting a few splinters in his hand , after he had dived for cover , and seriously wounding his runner . |
| 6 | Some drapery establishments were plain , if expensive : Parson Woodforde , paying a call on one in Southampton Street in the October of 1786 , was £13 6s. worse off after he had paid for ‘ … table linnen , muslin , a piece of Holland , cravats , etc . ’ . |
| 7 | After he had left for work I found it , unmolested , under his coffee cup . |
| 8 | I had felt it for my mother before my father left when she would intercept his post , putting certain violet-scented envelopes into the pocket of her dress and steaming them open in the kitchen after he had left for work . |