Example sentences of "[vb infin] and then [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better to admit that you do n't know and then go away to find out the answer , than to make up an answer that is not true ! |
| 2 | Here Cornelius fed the motor car with the best petrol that money could buy and then took himself up to the restaurant to join Tuppe . |
| 3 | We have to somehow recognise and then become free of that overwhelming fear of being engulfed by the demands and powerful feelings in some clients and their families . |
| 4 | Let the egg dry and then cover it with a layer of varnish to make sure all the edges stay firmly stuck down . |
| 5 | So what does it take to first qualify and then make the grade as a PGA European Tour player ? |
| 6 | Shall I wait and then put in er would it be better for me to wait and then put in a big lump sum ? |
| 7 | ‘ I will unpack and then come down , ’ said Marcelle . |
| 8 | Instead of having the machine score the various positions that could be reached after one play , it could generate and then evaluate all the positions possible after a play and a reply , or a play , a reply and a counter-reply . |
| 9 | Also , this form of search is only possible when the searcher can generate and then retract states , or store several states simultaneously , so it is not suitable with irreversible operators . |
| 10 | Well alright he 's gon na turn left , er just pause let him clear and then follow the way t follow the way through . |
| 11 | Much to the consternation of the operators , Humphrey 's shabby figure would appear and then disappear into high-speed machinery . |
| 12 | you know because some people claim not to , blind and sighted , er you know and then , then maybe you can sort of say well , you know , what sort of things do you see , what sort of things do you feel and then get on to something specific |
| 13 | He would probably land and then tell them to walk back . |
| 14 | One possible prediction might be based on the inverted-U relationship between arousal and performance , this would imply that with increasing risk memory would first improve and then decline . |
| 15 | While writing this article , I have realised that it is actually a very general problem-solving technique , of which there are many other instances in mathematics and science : If you can not do a problem , transform it to a problem that you can do and then transform the answer back to reach the solution to the original problem . |
| 16 | If you could get me a quote I shall see what D I Y I can do and then find out how much it 's going to cost me to buy a new |
| 17 | He rightly argues that the best way to find out what part of the brain does is to start out with very general questions about the sorts of thing it might do and then work through to more specific questions . |
| 18 | I 'll push you into some sort of position where I can overtake and then tow you to a garage . ’ |
| 19 | Robyn took a gulp , swore she would n't gabble and then proceeded to do just that ‘ Umm — hello , this is Robyn . |
| 20 | I did knock and then became captivated . |
| 21 | Giving milk seems funny ; it makes me laugh and then cry in a stoned , sleepy , dribbly way . |
| 22 | ‘ I was only asking why you waste so much time stealing stuff you ca n't eat and then waste more time stealing dogs when you could steal and eat at the same time , as it were . ’ |
| 23 | The galaxies may continue to recede from each other but , under the influence of the Universe 's own gravity , begin to slow down and then start to come towards each other again — in exactly the same way , and for exactly the same reason , that a ball thrown into the air will slow and then return to the ground . |
| 24 | So the moment the shout was heard , one of them would rush and then try to provide what was wanted on the instant . |
| 25 | ( Yes — you will think and then reply , ‘ out-of-date ’ or ‘ outmoded ’ . ) |
| 26 | Disapproval would at first enrage and then devastate him , and these warning messages apparently arrived visually . |
| 27 | If you carefully plan a new health regime that slowly introduces slight modifications to your usual meals , perhaps to try different ways of cooking food , to have slightly larger portions of vegetables and fruit , you will eventually find that your food preferences change slightly , enough to tip the balance from an unhealthy diet ( too high in fat and sugar , too low in fibre ) , to a healthy one that will help you attain and then maintain a slim figure . |
| 28 | A spore which lands on wood with a moisture content of 20–25 per cent in a still and stuffy atmosphere where the temperature is between 7° and 27$C ( 44$ and 80$F ) can germinate and then throw out hollow strands known as hyphae . |
| 29 | Such a system allows you to leave and receive messages on a telephone which is part of a computerised network ( and which therefore can digitally store and then replay sounds ) . |
| 30 | The second principle : ‘ the system for quality is prevention ’ involves considering where errors could occur and then taking action to prevent them . |