After
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preposition
Takes three types of objects: a noun / noun phrase, a participial clause, a sentence.
- I saw her after lunch.
- I saw her after having desert.
- I saw her after the waiter dropped her food.
or it can take a null-object, but in that case the variant afterwards is used
- -- Didn't you see the mistake before you sent the email?!
- -- No, only afterwards. :(