Example sentences of "[conj] then a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to go to university , turns up to listen to Einstein , studies hard ; but his father wo n't have it , and at the age of 14 he becomes a soap boy in a barber 's and then a presser in a garment shop . |
| 2 | And then a quick advance again and then again nothing . |
| 3 | A week 's good work and then a week of drought , wrote Harsnet . |
| 4 | As ‘ Working Title ’ continue to expand and develop , it seems a good moment to look back at some of their prolific and varied output , and we will be screening a number of titles from ‘ MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE ’ through the powerful drama ‘ A WORLD APART ’ , scripted by Gillian Slovo , Ruth First 's daughter , and underrated films like ‘ PAPERHOUSE ’ to ‘ ROBIN HOOD ’ , scripted by John Mcgrath , and then a number of their new releases : ‘ EDWARD II ’ ( directed by Derek Jarman ) , ‘ DAKOTA ROAD ’ and ‘ DROP DEAD FRED ’ , which has been a huge box office hit in the States . |
| 5 | The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time . |
| 6 | He smelt smoke in her hair , felt her flesh soft under her shawl , and then a further quake in the crowd parted them . |
| 7 | This reply sounds very plausible , until one reflects on it ; and then a serious difficulty emerges . |
| 8 | And then a bitter wind blew the kites |
| 9 | Ashton makes brilliant use of this in his version of the solo , phrasing the steps so that a jump upwards can last three beats followed by two short steps or two beats followed by a long and then a short step . |
| 10 | She underwent a lumpectomy and then a course of radiotherapy , and was due to start drug treatment when she met another cancer patient . |
| 11 | Chairmen and chief executives will eventually become weary of their audit partner explaining why a particular merger with another firm was first a good idea and then a bad idea . |
| 12 | Initially , there was a close range try from Tony Keegan and then a superb handling move involving sleight of hand from Martin Smith — an Old Edwardian who bears a striking resemblance to the Leicester maestro , Les Cusworth - resulted in Rupert Moon plunging over . |
| 13 | Arthritis crippled her hands so she had to give up , most reluctantly , the flute and then a series of eye operations ended in virtual blindness . |
| 14 | By then both men were heavy-legged and Mason 's inexperience at this level of boxing looked like becoming a decisive factor until he closed in and sent the American down with a short right to the temple and then a following left hook . |
| 15 | There was a long pause and then a smile : ‘ I assume I did . ’ |
| 16 | And then a series of extraordinary dialogues began between the woman and the militia , and with groups of demonstrators who clustered round the militias , all along the street . |
| 17 | People say that after my first two ‘ punk ’ albums , I did a ‘ reggae ’ album ( Beat Crazy , 1980 ) , and then a ‘ swing ’ album ( Joe Jackson 's Jumpin' Jive , 1981 ) . |
| 18 | We both got our heads down and then a scratching noise started up Steve is that you ? |
| 19 | There were whoops and cheers , mock kissing attempts , challenges to put names on the masked faces and then a song . |
| 20 | ‘ The pike slowly took line off the spool , I struck and then a 15 minute fight began , ’ said David , 15 , from Fyfield , near Abingdon . |
| 21 | Letters A-F could be paired with the symbols in Fig. 5.4 and then a string of random letters , say BCEFADDB etc , would be required to be coded by use of the relevant symbol . |
| 22 | And then a tentative voice called from the darkness . |
| 23 | MAUREEN ( trying the B set which emits a series of siren-like whoops and then a muffled jazz band ) : It does n't seem particularly easy to get ANY station on the B. |
| 24 | I use a bath oil in my bath — there 's an American one I like — and then a moisturising body lotion : Vaseline Intensive Care or Nahema by Guerlain or , of course , Spectacular by Joan Collins ! |
| 25 | And then a pause — and a thought for perestroika . |
| 26 | Clark 's burst saw off the Spanish zone and then a desperate English press reduced the margin to 11 points with seven minutes to go , but that was as close as England were to come . |
| 27 | Men like Pugin , Ruskin and William Morris turned a distasteful and then a blind eye to the fast growing urban sprawl and preferred to live in genuine or fake medieval houses by rivers or lakes . |
| 28 | Their course is so far short : the first national Green Party founded in New Zealand as the Value Party in 1972 , the next in the United Kingdom in the following year and then a long gap until Ecolo in Belgium in 1980 heralded a rush either to set up or amalgamate existing groups into parties in the early and mid-1980s . |
| 29 | Francis de Sales , a great Christian writer , used to say : ‘ Half an hour 's daily listening is essential except when you are very busy and then a full hour is necessary . ’ |
| 30 | It was done with a scornful glance at Keith and then a grin of agreement at Mrs Hollins . |