"And a nearly impossible act to follow, I should think."

A hard act to follow, but its stars are confident that the small screen version will prove just as popular.

One act of violence followed another and begat new conflicts.

Both governors have clearly benefited from the good fortune of having easy acts to follow.

He is not at all cowed about having a tough act to follow.

The other acts followed, but they did not match the second.

More than 200 were killed; acts of retribution swiftly followed.

But he also warned that similar acts of violence could follow.

There is a French proverb that says 'our acts follow us'.

We are therefore learning lessons from the crisis, and I repeat, our acts follow us.