Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv prt] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a thump as the lorry hit the bank , heeled over , and then bounced back on to the lane . |
| 2 | In the 1970s and 1980s , left-wing guerrilla groups moved into the cities , trained teenagers in the use of weapons and were then pushed back in to the countryside by the army . |
| 3 | Wasting not a moment , Anabelle rolled some of the dogfood into a lumpy ball with her forefeet and then clambered back out of the dish . |
| 4 | You go up to the top , then ski back down to the bottom . |
| 5 | He wrapped this and the fat-soaked bread in sheets of clean newspaper taken from the bathroom , then climbed back on to the stool to see what else he could find . |
| 6 | Now you know anything about drains , I 've never been down them , but if you kno , if you know anything about them , it goes down about three , four foot , five foot sometimes , and then , there is a , the pipe , the there 's , there 's a ledge there , and then going on down into the , in into the main drains . |
| 7 | If you want a view altogether grimmer and more inhuman than the one you have just relished in the easeful valley of Lescun , then drive on up to the top of the Col du Somport . |
| 8 | A powerful splash beside her told her Guy had dived in too , scything rapidly out towards the moored ketch then arcing back round to the shore in that stylish front crawl . |
| 9 | The Warlord toppled backwards — slowly at first , then avalanching down on to the vitrodur surface . |
| 10 | As an afterthought , Ellwood emptied the priest 's pockets , then scrambled back on to the rock and pushed Carey 's belongings in between the boulders along with his own clothing . |
| 11 | Spatz looked aside , then looked back up at the Marshal , choosing his words carefully . |
| 12 | C'zinsit bounced out of the saddle , touched the ground with his feet , then vaulted up on to the mare 's back again . |
| 13 | When I went to find her , however , I discovered she had gone right to the top of the house to talk to Heathcliff through his locked bedroom door , and had then climbed out on to the roof and in through his window . |
| 14 | A shoe like a heavy old bullet thrown out of the shadows , and skilfully caught , off-balance and one-handed ; windmilling trousers trapped by the foot and then kicked up on to the leg ; that serpent necktie . |
| 15 | If you use brilliant white flowers , such as larkspur or some of the daisies , you must ensure that there are several light tones in the picture , otherwise one 's eye will automatically focus on the white flowers and only then fall back on to the rest of the picture . |
| 16 | then wound back down by the parched red track |