Example sentences of "then [vb past] it [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area . |
| 2 | She then hung it out in the outhouse for storage . |
| 3 | Doyle checked his forty-five magnum , then slotted it back into the holster on his back belt . |
| 4 | He put the finger into his mouth , sucked at it and then waved it around in the air . |
| 5 | The theory is that the type of population mixing which took place on oil installations spread that agent among oil workers who then took it back to the areas in which they lived . |
| 6 | I picked a fish-louse from it as it lay on the unhooking mat , dabbed a bit of waterproof ointment on a small wound on its flank , then slipped it back into the water . |
| 7 | I told her this , and then wrote it down on the assessment sheet . |
| 8 | It was already half full with stagnant rain water , so Mildred filled it to the brim , then carried it back to the yard window-sill , collecting her broomstick on the way . |
| 9 | She gave it a brief glance , then pushed it back across the desk . |
| 10 | Wondering who had wrote it , Katherine turned the letter over in her hands , and then held it up to the light , looking for a watermark — anything which would indicate its origin . |
| 11 | Picking up the long gun , Doyle ran his finger along the barrel and then held it out to the Hare-woman . |