Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [noun] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be expected that if there was no right field advantage for a stimulus then the RFA would be aproximately 0.5 as the values for the left and right visual field would be about the same . |
| 2 | He thought that he lost his hold on sanity for a time then ; he knew , later , that the black despair and the agony of loneliness had closed about him fully , and for an unmeasurable time while his reason spun wildly out of control . |
| 3 | erm er , from the , probably that would be a non-starter as a research then would n't it ? |
| 4 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 5 | For example , if a stepping motor is used to drive the carriage of a teletype then the system must come to rest for the printing of each letter . |
| 6 | On impulse , Jaq slipped the High Priest card into a pocket then slid the other Tarot cards back into their box and wrapped the box again in its sheath of skin . |
| 7 | ‘ We do n't often use part-packs anyway , but when we do we simply pour the chemical into a jug then into the hopper . |
| 8 | One victim having failed to dislodge the vandals by pouring petrol into their tunnels , crept out at dawn and fired a shotgun into a mole then constructing a hill . |
| 9 | If one simply uses a dictionary to determine the grammatical category of a word then there is little indication of which are the more likely syntactic categories . |
| 10 | Maybe she 'll give it a bit of a clean-up then . ’ |
| 11 | It was unnecessary was n't it ? oh yes I 'll want a bit of a hand then . |
| 12 | Let's have a bit of a sing-song then , shall we ? ’ |
| 13 | A bit of an actor then , able to hide his or her true face from friends and relations . |
| 14 | You turned the tide of a battle then , centuries ago . |
| 15 | Yes , er I 'm very worried about this aspect of er whose finger er on the nuclear trigger , because the nuclear referee in the Soviet Union is divided between mainly peace states , Russia , Ukraine and , now Boris Yeltsin has said that he is going to protect his Russian minorities in Ukraine and , now I fear that if that comes to some kind of a conflict then it 'll be very uncertain as to what arrangement could be made about er , honouring international agreement and about ultimately too er , any kind of nuclear er congregation . |
| 16 | The Romanov family were marched into the basement of a house then turned to face a dozen executioners jostling in the doorway for room to shoot . |
| 17 | He held the other 's gaze for a moment then continued . |
| 18 | Have you been of work for a while then with the dreaded flu ? ? . i hope your little one did not catch it it is a particularly strong virus that is going around at the moment . |
| 19 | The point to make here is that if it is good enough for the courts to judge a publication as a whole then it would be perverse of a librarian to do otherwise in book selection . |
| 20 | Throughout his long marriage his homosexuality caused him great unhappiness , and if there was any one key to Laughton 's greatness as an actor then it was surely his sense of being a misfit , uneasy in his own skin and forever on the outside of the social , sexual , and familial demands of his upbringing and conditioning . |
| 21 | If there is what is regarded by the law as an office then public law remedies are available to protect its holder who is entitled to natural justice ; he can thus regain his office if he is dismissed without a hearing . |
| 22 | Common sense tells us that this requires some form of trading activity , and although this will cover such things as the purchase of raw materials , capital equipment , etc. , it should be noted that if such actions were merely preparatory to the later formation of a company then these can not be considered as the actions of a partnership ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 23 | To be sure , if a person accepts the legitimacy of an authority then its instructions are accepted by him as reasons for conforming action . |
| 24 | A major requirement of a religion then , must be that , above all , it shall be capable of a simplified , but undistorted interpretation capable of being taught to the very young in such a way that it will instil in them the stirrings of what will become their consciences , that is , they will harbour a subconscious awareness of the fundamental nature of right and wrong as these are applied to those areas of human aspirations where they are beyond dispute . |
| 25 | I spent a year and a half in a kibbutz then joined the English army for five years . |
| 26 | Boswell 's rendering of the Loch Ness day skips ahead to lunch in a pub then their overnight stay with the deputy Governor of Fort Augustus . |
| 27 | If the consideration for the takeover is calculated by reference to a formula then Appendix 2 of the Code should be consulted . |
| 28 | Dysart nodded , considered the point for a moment then said : ‘ Some might say it was a sign she had n't recovered as well as we 'd hoped . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Simply that if you 've got yourself into some sort of a mess then that 's your business . |
| 30 | It would seem that Miller can not have been on amicable terms with the gardeners there , otherwise he would have made a point of a visit then . |