Example sentences of "then he [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 Ellwood stayed still for a while , letting the priest set up his tackle and make a couple of casts , then he slithered down to the path .
2 Then he walked over to the assemblage of components he had constructed earlier and tore it to pieces systematically .
3 Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board .
4 Doyle shook his head as he contemplated the mess , then he walked back to the table to take the supplies into the kitchen …
5 He found that they were suddenly eating pizza and jokingly said oh they might have got him one , so one of them used a police car to take him to the nearest all night pizza place and then he walked back to the airport and waited , having done a deal with the one taxi driver who was there , and he and shared a taxi , arriving home c. 0215 and then proceeded to have a meal of a MASS of pasta and sauce previously made by me , and of a type which both boys always ask day in day out when here or there !
6 He practised until seven o'clock , then he cycled back to the farm for supper .
7 He vaguely saw the monster and then he ran back to the camp where he was camping , but he did n't describe
8 ‘ No , Joe Steer was with me until we got to the corner of Bal Lane , then he cut through to the terraces . ’
9 And then he rushed off to the bathroom and started throwing up . ’
10 Then he went over to the window , and gazed down into Hand and Ball Court for several minutes , frowning and pushing his lower lip up alternately .
11 Then he went on to the Global the New Consumer , looking at ways and how consumer power could be used for ethical purposes .
12 Then he went round to the back and told the Brownie Guider who was sitting on a bench inside with the Brownies .
13 Then he went back to the bathroom and turned off the taps .
14 Then he went back to the cutlery drawer and , with a skill born of long practice , lobbed knives and forks over to Maisie , who set them down in her customary eccentric manner .
15 Then he went back to the attack .
16 Then he went back to the coffee counter , where two girls were talking about pop singers .
17 He glared at her , wrestling with himself , then he went out to the garage , banging the kitchen door behind him .
18 Then he strode over to the table and picked up the ale jug standing there .
19 Then he dived down to the pool of water at the front of his cage and splashed it here and there .
20 Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse .
21 This week he 's at Queens Club with Sky for the Stella Artois tournament , then he moves on to the Manchester Open on June 14 .
22 Erm then he moves on to the middle peasants erm they 're similar , I mean once again they , they 've got enough to eat , they are , they are n't under as much stress , I mean th th they can su survive and so the idea of them risking all to support a revolution would be very er you know very risky at the time at the beginning er the opening period erm so once again th th I 'd say their conclusion is afraid not , you know , I wo n't join a peasant association , i it wo n't last .
23 Then he jumped on to the wall and missed his footing , banging his shin hard and falling headfirst into the bushes on the other side .
24 Then he climbed on to the winner 's rostrum and became the proudest man in the world as the British National Anthem echoed around the massive Montjuic Stadium .
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