Examples of 'were after him' in a sentence

Meaning of "were after him"

The phrase 'were after him' suggests that someone or a group of people were pursuing or chasing another person with the intention of catching or apprehending them. It implies that the person being chased was being sought after for some reason or was involved in a specific situation

How to use "were after him" in a sentence

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were after him
The cops were after him for a year.
You said the police were after him.
The dogs were after him but he escaped.
He bolted as if the devil were after him.
The bikers were after him for a reason.
That these drug people were after him.
You were after him all along.
He may have believed we were after him as a thief.
We were after him just like you were.
The guards were after him.
He said he was in trouble and that people were after him.
He thought they were after him for some reason.
He kept talking about people who were after him.
And they were after him.
I bet he threw it out only because we were after him.

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The men who were after him caught me instead.
He said the police were after him.
You were after him so the village turned against him.
I heard that strangers were after him.
Guys that were after him for the money.
And you thought we were after him.
The police were after him for knocking down four people.
All young people were after him.
Were after him.
And he said that loan sharks were after him.
He said the cops were after him he did not say why.
Apparently he was in debt and the mob were after him.
He said the cops were after him he didnt say why.
He was acting all crazy saying they were after him.
Some men were after him.
I think he said he was in trouble and that people were after him.
Three goons were after him.
The killer that we are after was in the gallery while we were after him.
We know you were after him.
Kept whining about a couple of powered chicks that were after him.
He said you were after him.
Then turned and fled as if the devil himself were after him.
The police were after him.
He vanished after half the police force were after him.
So they were after him.
He did shoot him in his head when they were after him.
That the people who were after him might come after her or me.
It seems that many girls were after him.
They were after him for everything from bouncing bad checks to raising mayhem.
He said the cops were after him.
So many clubs were after him and then Crystal Palace came in.
It was the people who were after him.
Philip knew we were after him because of Macarena.
They were demons that were after him.
His persecutors were after him, seething with rage over his judgment message.

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