Example sentences of "[conj] then [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serious iron deficiency is most likely to occur in chalky soils where , although iron may well be present , lime locks on to it in a chemical combination that then makes it unavailable to plant uptake . |
| 2 | Straighten the bristles after cleaning and wrap with clean plain paper , so that the bristles maintain their shape , and then lay it on its side until it is required for use . |
| 3 | Once the new house had been built is was often blocked in with a single course of concrete blocks and curiously enough today thirty five years later the modern method of building houses is to construct them all of wood and then surround them with a single course of concrete blocks . |
| 4 | Alternatively , you could create a small design as though it were in a vase or a natural spray , and then surround it with an archway of flowers This would then have no mount , but just a plainish frame , to avoid the overall effect seeming too cluttered . |
| 5 | It tries to deduce what , if anything , the author has to say , and then nags him into saying it clearly . |
| 6 | Erm you have to do , put it on and then design it . |
| 7 | and then kissed her |
| 8 | ‘ I am used to sharing , ’ she said ; and laid her cheek in fondness , or in weariness , or in sorrow , on his knee while he stroked her hair , his head bent , and then kissed it . |
| 9 | There are two main ways of creating atonality : one is to begin with a tonal framework and then obscure it ; the other is to ignore conventional harmonies altogether and use only note-combinations which do not suggest tonalities . |
| 10 | The drama comes from separating the tooth germ of a mouse embryo from the overlying sheet and then recombining it with the cell sheet enclosing the limb , but which would normally form skin . |
| 11 | He fed the slot , dialled Jack Ashdown 's number , and then fed it some more . |
| 12 | Herak calmly narrates how he and other Serb soldiers were encouraged by their commanders to take Muslim women from the Vogosca motel , rape and then murder them . |
| 13 | The client , or the drafter , may be tempted to have strict terms and then relax them in practice , for instance by not insisting on their strict application . |
| 14 | So you can be certain that you have fitted the choke chain correctly tighten your grip on the leash slightly , and then relax it . |
| 15 | And Jonathan lets the water out , and then fills it back up again . |
| 16 | You 've got to add the butter and the bacon and then fry them until crisp . |
| 17 | If a borrower had rashly signed a credit agreement and then discovered he had committed himself to paying what he considered disproportionate interest , he could have his opinion confirmed , or shown to be unreasonable , by a court . |
| 18 | Listen to ten digits try to hold on to them and then write them down . |
| 19 | then you need to write cork next to it , draw a picture of it and then write it . |
| 20 | Bending , he took it in his and then raised it to his lips . |
| 21 | Paul Sharp , 27 , and David Sweeney , 28 , argued with the manager of the Step In Indian restaurant in Foregate Street , Chester , and then followed him into the kitchen , Chester Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 22 | Larry stayed in the kitchen for a while and then followed her . |
| 23 | He began early , in Bangkok and then Dubai , had a week 's work-out with David Leadbetter in Orlando and then followed it with four straight tournaments coming into the Masters . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , he licked it off , and then followed you back . ’ |
| 25 | You made silly , empty requests and then let me walk out of your life . |
| 26 | She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . |
| 27 | Kelly stared at the pathetic figure for a moment and then let him go . |
| 28 | In this case , take the child some distance away and then let him or her watch for a while until the fear recedes , which it usually does within about ten minutes . |
| 29 | First , though , give him the benefit of a voluntary defence , possibly against Alex Stewart , and then let him get on with making us all feel good about finally having another British world heavyweight champion . |
| 30 | So Harrison had lost the first fall unfairly : in the second he had twisted his man feet up and then let him crash to the ground . |