Example sentences of "it [adj] [conj] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time he 'd thought it strange but then forgot about it . |
| 2 | And she were doing it full-time and then she went she had children and then she went part-time . |
| 3 | Rhys says I 've got to do it proper and then into Chelmsford do , do |
| 4 | Thomson 's free kick Pearce gets it clear and then won back by Hill but has only gone back to the Forest skipper . |
| 5 | Wall comes in again Ormanroyd gets it clear and then it 's blast away by Greyson as we move into stoppage time . |
| 6 | A wave caught the mast , lifting it high and then slamming it down on the cabin roof . |
| 7 | And keep it warm and then er if you had er Then you had the chickens to you had to set the clucking hens and and bring out as many chickens as you could . |
| 8 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 9 | If the slack variable is non-basic , we can pivot to make it basic and then drop the corresponding row . |
| 10 | She cut the hair close to the nape of the neck , leaving it long on top to keep it soft and then graduated at the back to create a heavy wedge . |
| 11 | His grandfather had explained that the only true way to bake bread was to burn it black and then rasp off the burnt extremities with a coarse file . |
| 12 | I mean we we did it beautiful and then er , and it was gleaming , then |
| 13 | ‘ When that failed I stuffed my right hand down its throat to stop it biting and then smacked it twice between the eyes with my left . ’ |
| 14 | What 's more , when you 've finished with it simply wipe it clean and then fold it flat for easy storage . |
| 15 | So you dye it yellow and then you dye it blue and it goes that green . |
| 16 | In the interim , Alistair had convinced himself of the following : before returning his aggrieved letter , Sixsmith had steamed it open and then resealed it . |
| 17 | He said nothing , merely walked away leaving them to push it open and then shut it after them , and on Philippa explaining to his departing back that she wanted to look for her earring and take back the vases and one or two things ‘ out of his way ’ , he said as ungraciously as he could ‘ I suppose so ’ . |
| 18 | The branch of a tree caught the door , swung it open and then , with a terrible metallic noise , ripped it off . |
| 19 | It means keeping it , getting it wide and then putting the right ball in . |