Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A splatter of sparks fell like miniature stars , the light flickered for a fraction of a second , hissed venomously and then splat again into darkness and silence . |
| 2 | To a solution of PABA-UDCA ( 1.0 g ) in anhydrous pyridine ( 10 ml ) was added chlorosulphonic acid ( 1.0 ml ) in anhydrous pyridine ( 10 ml ) with ice cooling and the solution was then heated overnight at 50°C . |
| 3 | Bring the soup to the boil , stirring from time to time , then simmer slowly for 45–60min , until the vegetables are soft and the lentils have cooked and thickened the soup . |
| 4 | For several years she had suffered from painful endometriosis , which was at first misdiagnosed and then treated unnecessarily by surgery . |
| 5 | One Head Girl found her team circling round the stage once as rehearsed but then galloping straight off stage to the lavatories ; apparently one of the Girls had realized that she had a sudden attack of diarrhoea and had acted with unheard-of initiative . |
| 6 | I get up early in the morning and read , then go to the lectures , then read again at night . |
| 7 | Elvis had then travelled forwards in time , locating each potential mother of the Anti-Christ and wooed her away from the Satanic father to be . |
| 8 | A brick should have been wrapped in that paper and then inserted well up Chamberlain 's fundamental orifice . |
| 9 | It is envisaged that the national squad will spend two weeks in Johannesburg next March and then head straight to Kenya for three weeks of Cup cricket after which the top three teams will qualify for the 1995 World Cup to be staged jointly by India , Pakistan and Sri Lanka . |
| 10 | Hundreds of riot police then charged repeatedly at scores of Left-wingers and pushed them back from the podium so that President Weizsaecker could begin his speech . |
| 11 | ‘ Thanks , ’ I spluttered to no one in particular , then concentrated hard on eating . |
| 12 | Oliver sat still , white with terror , for a second , then shouted loudly for help . |
| 13 | Exotic animals would probably have been rarities in the British arenae and even then used only for exhibition , as they would presumably have been too expensive to have suffered damage . |
| 14 | The case would then fall squarely within section 82(1) ( g ) and therefore the conclusion at p. 162 of the judgment referred to by Scott L.J . |
| 15 | The Duke of Orléans left the field with his contingent , perhaps objecting to Ring John 's novel decision that his army should advance dismounted , and the king then moved forward on foot with his troops . |
| 16 | Stan then moved closer to Melanie , and a major fight erupted without further ado . |
| 17 | Kragan signalled the officer to step back , then moved closer to Frick . |
| 18 | Talbot and Van Gelder looked at each other in silence , then bent forward over Theodore 's shoulders to look at the figures he had added up . |
| 19 | One alternative , known as the Southern Option , follows an existing pylon line for about half its route , then deviates southwards around Nunthorpe . |
| 20 | Fly your rocket ship to Saturn , enter a top secret institute of technology , find and deactivate the deadly TechnoBombs on 12 levels to save the planet from being blown into another Galaxy and then fly home for tea . |
| 21 | Then looking again at Charles , she replied , ‘ He was a German . |
| 22 | Servitors hurried to them bearing great foaming stone steins — one red , one black — to drink in one draught , then smash together into shards . |
| 23 | The two microphones and earpieces are then connected together in series with the battery as shown in Fig 2 . |
| 24 | It would be as sensible to take one run round the football field , look casually at the book of rules , and then wait happily at home until the day of the match , expecting that you will score a winning goal before enthusiastic supporters . |
| 25 | While textiles were always the major item , the old trade in pepper was being displaced by the coffee trade with Arabia , and by the trade in tea , which then came exclusively from China . |
| 26 | Pairs of syllables carefully synchronised were then presented dichotically to subjects who had to report both syllables on each trial . |
| 27 | In 1981 NORP was taken over by the Bangladeshi Government , so that the funding that NORP had until then received directly from UNICEF was now channelled through the Government . |
| 28 | At last he rose and barked an order at one of the young men who placed the ladder lying on the ground against the scaffold , then gestured dramatically at Athelstan . |
| 29 | Both victims then walk backwards into view . |
| 30 | After positioning of a pH electrode and manometric assembly ( see later ) the child was allowed to settle and was then fed appropriately for age with formula or non-acid food such as sandwiches and milk . |