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Example sentences for "after taking"

  • Accordingly, after taking a most tender leave of his wife and children, Governor Woolston left the cove, in the course of the forenoon, crossing in a whale-boat rigged with a sail.

  • After taking in a very considerable quantity of sandal-wood, and procuring eight active assistants from Ooroony the Rancocus got under way for Canton.

  • By this time, one of the men who knew the chief had come up to the Peak, with a message from Heaton, and he was of the same opinion as the governor, after taking a good look through the best glass.

  • After taking time to reflect and to consult, Pennock accepted the offer as frankly as it had been made.

  • Sancho followed her advice; and, after taking leave of the company, he suffered his eyes to be covered.

  • His niece was charged by the priest to take great care of him, and to keep a watchful eye that he did not again make his escape, after taking so much pains to get him home.

  • After taking a good look at the dismantled hulk, Walter agreed that it could be no other than the ship on which he and Charley met with their adventure just before she sailed.

  • Meantime the man into whose premises the two young men had so unceremoniously entered, after taking a good look at the bear out of the window, almost bent double in the effort to control his laughter.

  • After taking this, the usual operation of an antidote followed.

  • The junk, after taking in a supply of water, had left the day before.

  • After taking photographs of the village, we returned to the shore, where consolation awaited us in the persons of three Shom Pe[.

  • After taking a few sups of coffee, the author said that he couldn't fool any longer with him; that he must strike a line and move out.

  • After taking it for three months I began to feel better, especially the gas and sour rising off my stomach at night.

  • After taking it two months I was out of bed attending to my work; my friends could hardly believe it was I when they would meet me out away from home.

  • After taking your "Golden Medical Discovery" I was relieved of these symptoms.

  • After taking a single course of treatment, the medicines being sent by express, he writes as follows: "The medicine you sent me lasted me five weeks, and proved very beneficial indeed.

  • Prince Karl, after taking Schweidnitz, had fallen with sixty thousand men on Bevern.

  • After taking leave of the count, his wife, and daughter, Fergus rode back to the royal quarters.

  • I came in tired, after taking a stiff walk.

  • I was consoled by her swearing to be mine as soon as Baret had good grounds for thinking that she was his, and, after taking her on the Boulevards, I left her at her door, with a present of twenty-five Louis.

  • About noon, after taking an aromatic bath, I went to call on Mdlle.

  • The chief, after taking a scrutinizing glance around, stopped before this hut, and prepared to enter.

  • The Chief bowed courteously and retired, after taking a parting look around.

  • Then our guide, after taking us on to the road, had best take charge of the horses and lead them to Parton, there to remain with them until your messenger, and the one from Yardhope, arrive.

  • Not only Oswald and Allan, but Janet also was afoot early; and, after taking a basin of porridge, started for the hills, accompanied by four dogs.

  • After taking me by the hand, he kissed his own hand, and put it to his head, in token of respect.

  • After taking it out of the noose, he tucks its head in his belt, or lets it float on the water, whilst he proceeds to catch another, or as many more as he can before the birds take the alarm at the struggles of their companions, and fly away.

  • After taking dinner, at which we were waited on by negroes and mulattoes, we reached Philadelphia about five or six o'clock.

  • The middle watch passed away as calmly as the first, and Jerry, after taking a look round, declared his belief that the day would be as fine as the former.

  • You are right, Billy," he exclaimed, after taking a steady look through it.

  • After taking a few hurried mouthfuls of food they set to work to drag up the materials of the raft, lest the sea might carry them off during the night.

  • After taking a rapid glance round, he shouted out, "All hands shorten sail.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "after taking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after bathing; after dark; after debate; after exchanging; after gazing; after having; after him; after listening; after long; after looking; after many; after partaking; after pausing; after period; after preaching; after puberty; after sitting; after some; after sunset; after supper; after waiting; afterwards found; four persons; miles square; nearly black; should they