You like to watch a certain TV show about undercover police. You're telling a friend about the plot of last night's episode. You say:
They set up a meet in an abandoned warehouse by the docks.
TV, crime, locations, phrasal verb 
You're watching a news report about a famous murder trial. You and your roommate were talking about this case earlier today, and you both agreed that the woman who's on trial is a murderer. Now the news tells you that she has been freed. You call out to your roommate:
The jury found her 'not guilty'!
You're in your car driving and talking to your friend on the telephone. She comments that she hears a siren in the background. You explain that you're driving through an area with a lot of crime:
I'm driving through a rough part of town.
city, crime, driving, neighborhood, progressive aspect, safety The disk tray of your DVD player is broken. You think that your son broke it, but he says that he didn't. Now you're telling your wife about it. You say:
He claims he didn't do it, but I strongly suspect that he did.
Your 14-year-old son took your car and drove it around. He was caught by the police. When you go to pick him up at the police station, you're angry and scared because it was such a dangerous thing for him to do. You say:
You could have killed someone!
Someone stole some money from your coworker's purse when she left it on the desk in her office. She tells you about this. You can't believe it. You say:
I can't believe someone would do such a thing.
crime, formal, warnings, written English You are suspected of a crime and have to tell the police exactly what you did on a certain night. You tell them:
I drove directly home after leaving work.
This is a more formal expression for explaining the idea of "going straight to somewhere". It is used when you need to describe exactly what you did.
Many different action verbs can be used with this phrase: drive, walk, go, run, fly, etc.
This expression is also formal and exact. Saying that you did something "after work" could really mean any time after your work hours. "After leaving work" specifically means the next thing soon after leaving.
