Example sentences of "it after " in BNC.

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1 Then it turns out that Patrick rather likes it after all .
2 I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all .
3 I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all .
4 Then he 'd inherited and blown the lot , only alcoholism and smack-addiction to show for it after eighteen months .
5 The Major and the minister and the constable repeated it after him in low voices , the crowd gave them a round of applause , the reel was over .
6 When Mr Prescott first backed off standing against Roy Hattersley for the deputy leadership last year , and then changed his mind and decided to contest it after all , Neil Kinnock expressed unrestrained irritation .
7 Sunderland .......... 1 Sheffield United .... 1 WHAT gets up Dave Bassett 's nostrils , as he so vividly put it after his side 's draw at Roker Park , are the people who make comparisons between Sheffield United and his former club , Wimbledon .
8 As one observer put it after goalless draws with Castellon and Mallorca : ‘ Under Beenhakker , the little teams were slaughtered . ’
9 As chancellor he inherited an economy with the skids under it after the Barber years .
10 Mrs Thatcher did not have much time for the body and abolished it after the election victory in 1983 — an example perhaps of her dislike for so-called ‘ professional ’ advice that purports to be above party politics .
11 ‘ You 'll need it after the mart , ’ Moran said .
12 I suppose you get used to it after a while , sleeping in the day .
13 He would rise early to work at his desk and return to it after a day 's engagements , often until well past midnight .
14 Try it after a relaxing bath or shower when you can indulge in a little pampering with aromatic oils and lotions to make the whole experience more enjoyable .
15 He was one of the eight directors of Lonrho who parted company from it after trying to oust Tiny Rowland in 1973 .
16 The place is full of the aroma of Spot-Knee , the ram lamb who recently copped it after a blissful organic life .
17 Not even Dali , however , thought of designing a surrealist town and naming it after himself .
18 As he explains in the ‘ Epistle to the Reader ’ , he began it after a discussion in which it occurred to him and his friends that they might get further with the problems which concerned them if they were first to ‘ examine our own abilities , and see , what objects our understandings were , or were not fitted to deal with ’ .
19 ‘ That coat did n't have no luck left in it after all , did it ? ’
20 Most Liberal MPs , except Lloyd George and his family clan , joined the National government and supported it after its general election success in October 1931 from which they improved their position .
21 ‘ Tell you about it after dinner , ’ Otley said with a smug smile .
22 Some places welcomed Julian 's pagan revival ; others , including some large and important cities , were much less enthusiastic about his attempt to reimpose it after a generation of rule by Christian emperors .
23 ‘ He says he did n't see it after lunchtime . ’
24 His forecast looked like being correct , which meant that Steve Richardson would make it after a 72 for a total of 143 .
25 Even so , Faldo , with a 71 , still finished top European , overtaking Ian Woosnam , who had shared the lead after two rounds and was still sharing it after three holes in the third on Saturday when a storm interrupted play for three hours .
26 Here we do it after weeds and insects . ’
27 Supporters of the Torness Alliance , committed to frustrating the building plans , had occupied and refurbished a derelict cottage on the edge of the site and renamed it after the local Half Moon Bay .
28 ’ An absentee also included anyone who was a Palestinian citizen and left his ordinary place of residence in Palestine for a place outside Palestine before 1 September 1948 , or for a place in Palestine held at the time by forces which sought to prevent the establishment of the State of Israel or which fought against it after its establishment . ’
29 The painting , which represented the god of wine , Dionysos , might have had a happier fate had Mummius agreed to the bid of 100 talents made for it after the sack by King Attalus of Pergamum , but Mummius was intent on taking his booty to Rome .
30 The corrie looks terrifying from its base , and indeed I would hazard a guess that avalanches are pretty fond of rumbling down the upper reaches of it after spring snow .
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