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I need your help to find two sentences consisting of after used as a preposition and in the other sentence used as a conjuction.


(in both sentences after should be followed by a gerund form)

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hi

I need your help to find two sentences consisting of after used as a preposition and in the other sentence used as a conjuction.


(in both sentences after should be followed by a gerund form)

thanks in advance
preposition/gerund object:

One should not swim for an hour after eating.

conjunction/gerund subject of clause:

The pub lost half its business after smoking was banned.
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