Example sentences of "then [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sister then helped to bring up the child while Gustav was in Moscow for two years , at the university and taking the political indoctri-nation . |
| 2 | She had earned a great deal of money from her swimming , which she then used to set up the Mercedes Gleitze Homes for Destitute Men and Women . |
| 3 | Fran turned to leave , then stopped to pick up the photograph of her father . |
| 4 | She looked round the hall , then bent to pick up the broken remains of a photo frame . |
| 5 | After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message . |
| 6 | She picked it up and set it on her knee , then began taking out the yellow and black wooden pieces and setting them on the board . |
| 7 | As — to many people 's surprise — Russian resistance first held up and then began to turn back the Nazi forces , the Communists , identification with the Soviet Union became their major attraction to tens of thousands of new recruits . |
| 8 | Joanna handed her the two syringes , then began fixing up the drip . |
| 9 | Police say the attacker had visited the house once before , then returned to carry out the attack . |
| 10 | They looked at the passports and then started to walk down the aisle , pointing their guns at the passengers . |
| 11 | We then decided to lay out the parts that fitted and draw the rest . |
| 12 | They were allowed in by his father but then had to break down the locked bedroom door . |
| 13 | He then attempted to play down the row which surfaced following Lineker 's comments in his biography . |