Example sentences of "[noun] then [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Muscles of the perineal region and around the urethra then contract spasmically , causing the penis to pulsate and ejaculate the seminal fluid .
2 Rawson then bowled the next ball wide of the stumps before joining his team in a frantic dash for the pavilion .
3 If at a higher speed then reduce to the required figure before commencing descent .
4 She pondered his words then glanced at the pay phone in the corner of the bar .
5 She pondered his words then got to her feet .
6 If you recognise such words then explore the sentences around them .
7 The pagans then got ready for battle , but in vain against the people of God .
8 Works were initially chosen from the Pushkin and Hermitage but Ortiz then widened his horizons to include regional museums , an unprecedented step which was then complicated by the collapse of the Soviet regime .
9 Some Headington defending by Thame then let Declan Cuddy in , but his shot hit the crossbar with Mayhew beaten .
10 The movement of fluid in the motor nerve then caused the actual movement .
11 Fr Cunningham then spent four years at Cambridge University and returned to teach in Hartlepool .
12 He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door .
13 Subjects who characteristically had dominant alpha EEG rhythms when awake were most suitable for this task , as the level of alpha rhythm then acts as a good indicator of alertness .
14 Pond then described what happened : ‘ I saw people were dropping pieces of silver into the box and passing in .
15 Loxton then went on to describe the man : 5′8″-5′9″ tall , clean-shaven , full-featured , wearing a navy blue suit and no hat .
16 The Works Brigade then returned to the purely domestic job of fire protection within the Works .
17 erm carrots then do n't we ?
18 Hounslow then began to play like a team that were third in the table , forcing United 's mid-field backwards , only to come against Shepherd and Wilson in the centre of United 's defence , neither of whom put a foot wrong all afternoon .
19 Now position and stick the handle under one side then stick the other side .
20 The Soviet side then reiterated adherence to the Moscow agreement .
21 The home side then produced some powerful hitting , despite 2–21 from Frankie Constanza .
22 Returning , he set the two large pieces of the broken bowl to one side then began to sweep the tiny slivers of porcelain into a pile .
23 They grabbed my arms and swung me over to a mat lying at the side then undid the strap around my ankles .
24 Probably gon na redevelop one side then redevelop the other .
25 Each side then loses something if there is an attempt to meet at a mid-point .
26 For sideways riding again vibrate one leg until the horse steps to the side then reward .
27 Repeat to the other side then repeat ‘ double lifts ’ 4 more times to each side .
28 Repeat on the other side then repeat again on both sides .
29 The home side then indulged themselves in exhibition play and duly came unstuck when Frensham equalised from a rebound after Dunn had saved from close range .
30 Imagine a normal single coil split in the middle , with one side then reversed ; the result is still a single coil pickup but one which is n't susceptible to noise .
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