be after

VERB
  1. have the will and intention to carry out some action
    He plans to be in graduate school next year
    The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion
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How To Use be after In A Sentence

  • “‘Now, gentlemen, standing up here before you, I feel a good deal like Pat, and maybe after I’ve spieled along for a while, I may feel so darn small that I’ll be able to crawl into a Pullman hammock with no trouble at all, at all! Chapter 14
  • Whatever that may be, we are all interested in finding out what the composite is to be after he has given his various deliverances over the radio. Exciting Events
  • Inc. is also hurting Macquarie, which is much more reliant on advisory work than it used to be after it largely dumped the listed-funds model that had been a driver of previous success. Macquarie Warns of 25% Drop in Profit
  • Prison bosses launched a probe after a secret recording of his voice was played at the premiere. The Sun
  • Indian sweets like the immaculate barfi (condensed milk squares), kulfi (sweet, creamy traditional Indian ice cream) and the delectable gulab jamun (fried dough balls swimming in rosewater syrup) could all be after-dinner favorites for an Indian gastrodiplomacy campaign. Paul Rockower: Indian Gastrodiplomacy to Help Feed Perceptions of an Emergent India
  • The police officer accepts the bribe after telling them that all strangers are arrested in France.
  • ` ` ` Now, gentlemen, standing up here before you, I feel a good deal like Pat, and maybe after I've spieled along for a while, I may feel so darn small that I'll be able to crawl into a Pullman hammock with no trouble at all, at all! Babbitt
  • It took 10 years to rebuild Kobe after the earthquake in 1995, but that timeframe is now looking optimistic for the reconstruction needed along the north-eastern coastline of Japan. Japan: Seeking higher ground | Editorial
  • It's quite dark,it must be after 8 o'clock.
  • And maybe after a month or so, he would summon up the courage to ask Baldy which half-day he could have. The Empty Family
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