Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile her friend walked as far as the bike , then rode it to the point where he met Lorna , who then rode further while he walked … and so on . |
| 2 | He clawed at the broken wheel that first dragged him across , then pinned him to the road . |
| 3 | He calmed the animal , quickly inspected it , then led it to a second , checked this animal too for wounds and led it to Wynne-Jones . |
| 4 | Gy François then led us to the village 's chimpanzee sanctuary , a small grass-covered shelter where rice is regularly laid on a few very old-looking chimpanzee skulls . |
| 5 | Ponomarev then announced it to the world at an International Conference on Nuclear Physics in Vancouver during August 1977 . |
| 6 | She grabbed the chairback , her head thick with drugged sleep , then lowered herself to the floor and sat there cross-legged . |
| 7 | In other words , they created a self-image and then sold it to the greater powers of western Europe ; and whatever their reaction , be it incredulous , admiring or contemptuous , these powers now found it impossible to ignore the Scots ' insistent demands that they should be noticed . |
| 8 | The seller then sold it to the dealer for £2 . |
| 9 | I then sold it to the genuine buyer , paid you back … ’ |
| 10 | He was told to unlock the premises and his assailants then helped themselves to a large quantity of cigarettes and cash . |
| 11 | She describes how a porpoise appeared and guided her so that she was being carried with the tide , and then helped her to a section of shallow water . |
| 12 | The combative veteran gave his side the lead on the hour , and then helped them to a flattering 3-0 win . |
| 13 | Dzo bells lulled us to sleep and then woke us to a clear and sunny morning . |
| 14 | The librarian then directed her to the West Midlands Bulletin ( see Figure 7.7 ) , the private viewdata service which can be accessed via Prestel equipment . |
| 15 | Michael , indicating the stairs and implying that he had to go straight on , then directed him to the left , upon which he said quietly , if a trifle reproachfully : ‘ You said straight on ’ . |
| 16 | Nicholas knelt , then lifted him to the base of the wall and knelt again , to make certain . |
| 17 | LINFORD Christie blew his top at his ‘ sleeping partners ’ yesterday — and then blasted them to the chance of an Olympic medal . |
| 18 | He then drove her to a house in the near by village of Olney where she was raped again . |
| 19 | She gave her name and address , and P.C. Clifford then drove her to the big office block in Upper Thames Street , just round the corner . |
| 20 | he bound her hands and raped her … he then drove her to the nearby village of Olney … where she was raped again … |
| 21 | The boy looked up at the plane , then threw himself to the ground . |
| 22 | Making a hole in the top of a roll they poured in whiskey until it was well soaked , then threw it to the screaming gulls , who swooped upon it in their dozens . |
| 23 | And feeling them , he had stopped swimming , thrown a wordless curse at the sky , then surrendered himself to the black cold beneath the surface of the moat . |
| 24 | I flew her three times straight off , and then returned her to the aviary . |
| 25 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 26 | You then followed me to the ticket reservation counter , chatted up the girl afterwards , found I 'd booked a Business-Class seat to Brussels , did the same yourself and waited outside the final departure lounge until you saw me boarding . ’ |
| 27 | The mother 's face crumpled up and withered , then corrected itself to the expression of one who is in the right . |
| 28 | In pursuit of the action Campbell had caught about 80 of the creatures on a piece of sticky tape and then forwarded them to a zoologist . |
| 29 | Towsie ( nickname for one of the foreign miners ) came and sat down beside me while the smoke cleared a bit , and then took me to the trench , which was full of red embers , roasting the rock as when you roast eggs in the ashes . |
| 30 | And she says her day with Becky and the team was a revelation : ‘ The Granada Reports people came to my house to film me in some of my own clothes and then took me to the Hillcrest Hotel in Widnes where I had my hair styled and my make-up done , and then tried on lots of different outfits . |