Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] then [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time the line first tautened and then twanged loose . |
| 2 | In the evening Chola woke him with some water to drink : he winced and then groaned as the pain shot out from his thigh and radiated through his body . |
| 3 | Seven people , including a mother and child , were killed when a lorry and van crashed and then ploughed into a Post Office today . |
| 4 | He rose and then dived within her , starting slowly as if to the beating of a primal drum . |
| 5 | After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop . |
| 6 | It creaked and I stopped and then heard something : a sort of thin scratching from underneath the stairs . |
| 7 | I will find someone , truly I — ’ She stopped and then said diffidently , ‘ And — ; and mother ? ’ |
| 8 | Julia stopped and then added in a quick toneless voice , ‘ The actual facts you already know . |
| 9 | The poles slid glistening in and out of the water as the craft approached and then beached with a bump . |
| 10 | Maclean was never a politician and fell foul of those on the left who were , who used and then discarded him . |
| 11 | because we would not be able to raise it as a shield in that one respect , now if your Lordship tried and then said well alright we stay the counterclaim is a set off , then what would your Lordship be intending to do about the remaining defences to say we 're not allowed defend our claim er at all on the basis of article eighty five will that be |
| 12 | Benstede inspected and then broke the seal and handed a small roll of vellum to Corbett . |
| 13 | May be sniffed , or burned and then inhaled ( chasing the dragon ) or injected . |
| 14 | Bill accelerated and then rammed his foot on the brake pedal causing Rex and Laura to plummet floorward . |
| 15 | The one , two , three and then four hours since she had acknowledged her love for Ven alternately dawdled and then flew for Fabia . |
| 16 | It would have been much more subtle just to have allowed his wife to demonstrate it when the time came and then to turn it into a talking point . ’ |
| 17 | They practised early in the morning before the rains came and then went shopping . |
| 18 | When he slid his fingers across the spring of gold curls , parting the intimate secret of her , finding the hard nub of her womanhood before slipping below to the hot , molten tightness at her centre , she tensed and then capitulated in a flood of aching heat , and she heard herself say his name , moan his name again and again . |
| 19 | ‘ Go up to the front row and keep two chairs , ’ he directed and then left them . |
| 20 | To get out of bed , for instance , the patient is turned onto his side or lifted and then brought into the sitting position on the side of the bed . |
| 21 | Before departing , we ate and then headed off to the Crucible Theatre for the evening . |
| 22 | Alternatively the vendor may wish to transfer out to a new company all the assets and liabilities not being sold or assumed and then sell the shares in the original company . |
| 23 | However I applied and then sought the advice and prayers of Christian friends and we prayed that if it was n't from the Lord I would n't get accepted . |
| 24 | I checked and then rechecked our position before slumping down in despair . |
| 25 | All the training data have to be collected and paired and then sorted before the main clustering stage can begin . |
| 26 | ‘ No , ’ she admitted and then added shyly , ‘ I — I should like to be painted . ’ |
| 27 | It used every means at its disposal : it argued and pressured the Versailles politicians ; it cheated in the plebiscites ; it engineered uprisings in Silesia and Wielkopolska ; it skirmished and then went to war with the Red Army for territory in the east . |
| 28 | and followed all the instructions , and , she was n't sure she asked and then make one on her own and then . |
| 29 | Four times end-over-end the aircraft tumbled and then went into several spins , the spins being in both directions with mo complete recovery between them . |
| 30 | be switched off and then rewound and then go in a |