Example sentences of "[coord] then [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It involves co-operation between both sides of the body : for instance , as one leg is put into a trouser-leg , the other holds the body upright ; a sweater has to be pulled over the head and then organized so that one 's arms can slide into the sleeves . |
| 2 | He continued circling upwards and then cut away from the cove , flying over the moorland gloom before turning sharply back to observe the cove again . |
| 3 | I had made them welcome , accepted their nonsensical stories because it did n't matter one way or the other , and then gone obligingly off to bed and left them to their meeting … |
| 4 | If you have been really enthusiastic about something and then gone home and thought about it , one of two things usually happens . |
| 5 | The lenders are being separated into country groups — Britain , the United States and Canada — and then separated again into separate projects . |
| 6 | Why had Richard first of all defended Châteauroux against Philip and then ridden away in his company ? |
| 7 | There is still a lot of British furniture , silver and paintings in the island , especially seventeenth- and eighteenth-century works , When Britons came to Madeira , they built themselves houses and then sent home for their furniture and china . |
| 8 | Telephone calls for the library might have a direct line so that these calls are not put down to Canterbury and then transferred again . |
| 9 | Ideally the Koi should be coaxed , not chased into the net and then transferred gently to a blue plastic bowl or baby bath , never having left the water . |
| 10 | For several years she had suffered from painful endometriosis , which was at first misdiagnosed and then treated unnecessarily by surgery . |
| 11 | The houses were subdivided by the Jews and then subdivided again by the Bengalis . |
| 12 | I did two more lefts and then stopped about thirty yards down the street from the club . |
| 13 | Gilding , normally done by taking powered gold mixed with mercury to form an amalgam , was painted onto the surface and then heated so as to drive off the mercury . |
| 14 | Money in the public account was pooled , multiplied by a factor of more than one ( the exact figure varied ) , and then divided equally among all the students . |
| 15 | But her feelings faltered , and then divided chillingly — for she 'd changed , and who knew if Coniston would be the same for her now ? |
| 16 | To prevent putrefaction the soft organs were removed via an incision in the trunk , and then buried either at the place of death or separately with the body . |
| 17 | It fluttered for a moment and then folded right back against the fuselage , like a roosting bird . |
| 18 | Everything would have to be unloaded at anchorage on to mexeflote rafts and then brought ashore . |
| 19 | This more gentle , gradual return to normal relies on a lot of family support , of course , and it 's easier to achieve , says Caroline , with a home birth or with a domino delivery ( when you 're examined by the community midwife at home , delivered in hospital by her , and then brought home again a few hours later ) . |
| 20 | These are sat under examination conditions and then marked internally . |
| 21 | A WOMAN who was raped , locked in a garage overnight and then raped again escaped from her attacker yesterday by running screaming into a crowded supermarket . |
| 22 | This was asset-stripping on a grand scale , only the assets were stripped by the company 's managing director and then thrown away . |
| 23 | When the guests had gone , all the pipes would be broken at once , and then thrown away . ’ |
| 24 | The rock has to be mined and then thrown away , so is not held in very high esteem . |
| 25 | The court held that a new car which is damaged and then repaired so as to be " as good as new " can still be regarded as " new " . |
| 26 | And Preston 's heart , too , seized and violently squeezed , and then released so the blood pumped wildly . |
| 27 | But as she sat on there , thinking of all that rubbish , which would have to be parcelled up , and carried down , and put in the garden ; and then taken away by the dustmen who would have to be paid , a new thought startled her mind . |
| 28 | ‘ They will be prepared by the undertaker , brought to the mosque , ceremonially washed during the service and then taken away immediately afterwards . ’ |
| 29 | The jetty in the centre of Funchal ( long described as part of the ‘ Entrance to the City ’ ) was begun in 1843 , but then neglected so that it was almost destroyed by the waves . |
| 30 | Fords won their appeal , the court holding that a new car which is damaged but then repaired so as to be ‘ as good as new ’ can still be regarded as new . |