Example sentences of "[vb past] then [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kruger grinned then moved to the railing where he watched two female joggers passing beneath him , their bronzed legs moving in rhythmic unison . |
| 2 | After gluing , the curved members were cut to shape on the band saw then finished with the spokeshave . |
| 3 | The youth laughed then spat on the ground . |
| 4 | Delicate chicken breast , for example , steamed then caramelised under a grill , is served in a bowl of perfectly cooked white coco beans . |
| 5 | Emily hesitated then moved to the scrubbed table and sat down abruptly , her legs shaking so badly it seemed they would n't support her . |
| 6 | This had then led to the classical dogmas of the Trinity and the incarnation , which Harnack described in his great History of Dogma as ‘ the fruit of the Greek spirit on the ground of the gospel ’ , the product of the ‘ hellenisation of Christianity ’ . |
| 7 | They had only a short time before followed the tantalising fresh scent-trail laid by Grant and Larsen , which they had then lost at the foot of the house wall . |
| 8 | Rhee had been expelled from the exiled ‘ government ’ because of his maverick qualities in 1925 and he had then functioned as an independent , although claiming still to be the authentic voice of the government . |
| 9 | So she did washing for William van Straubenzee , one of Sarah 's old boyfriends , and ironed the shirts of Rory Scott , who had then starred in a television documentary about Trooping the Colour , and Diana regularly stayed for weekends at his parents ' farm near Petworth , West Sussex . |
| 10 | Having delivered the injured Bulgarian to safety we had then returned to the ascent , hoping to catch our party . |
| 11 | Yet here , on the verge of the Lowlands , most of the gentry had hedged their bets ; some had even entertained the Butcher as he progressed triumphally from one massacre to the next and had then bought over the gutted glens and stocked them with the great sheep . |
| 12 | Boot leathers are usually chrome tanned then impregnated with a mixture of paraffin wax and paraffin oil . |