Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 2 | Actors David Suchet ( Poirot ) and Hugh Lattimer ( Hastings ) were filmed deep in conference inside their Pullman coach ‘ Finall ’ and then stepping out of the coach and then being driven away from Horsted Keynes Station — renamed for the day — by vintage car . |
| 3 | He then scorched out of the gate , almost crashing his already scratched BMW . |
| 4 | For no reason that is known , he then dropped out of the shukokai world , apparently disillusioned . |
| 5 | Naturally it results in acrobatics , with Frank driving through a tent — in which two people are sleeping — and speeding through a hay loft , leaping fifty feet through the air , crashing into a pond , then driving out of the water after being submerged . |
| 6 | I made sure I had sufficient pellets in my jacket pockets , then headed out of the house for the Rabbit Grounds on the mainland , between the large branch of the creek and the town dump . |
| 7 | They both got dressed , quickly and silently , and then tiptoed out of the bedroom and down the white painted wooden staircase . |
| 8 | She wrenched open the door behind her , ran through it , slammed it shut behind her , then dashed out of the house . |
| 9 | It then accelerated out of the pack and passed the finishing post placing full weight on the fractured leg in a perfect gallop gait . |
| 10 | There , he was able to lift himself on to his crutch again and then climb out of the stockade . |
| 11 | The route then climbs out of the Severn Valley and goes across country to Heightlington . |
| 12 | He let the Colonel go , then ducked out of the tavern door into the street . |
| 13 | He kissed her on the forehead , then climbed out of the car and walked round to the other side . |
| 14 | He grabbed a large plastic cylinder filled with flares and other survival gear then climbed out of the hatch . |
| 15 | Gooch has been unwell for several weeks , playing in the first Test at Calcutta with a chest infection that should have ruled him out , missing the three-day match at Vishakhapatnam because he still felt weak , and then pulling out of the second Test at Madras after his infamous encounter with a poisonous prawn . |
| 16 | He then walked out of the shop , despite the efforts of staff to block his path . |
| 17 | He then walked out of the room and directly to the area where the collars the chimps had to wear outdoors are usually kept hanging on the wall . |
| 18 | He then walked out of the house saying he was leaving but did not take anything with him and the car remained outside the house . |
| 19 | Everyone then gets out of the habit of going to the pub and goes to the ever-increasing competition such as McDonald 's or other fast food establishments . |
| 20 | The boss knows that his or her job is to establish those boundaries , and then get out of the way . ’ |
| 21 | Whatever the mitigating circumstances — the heat , effects of jetlag and an injury to Mark Appleson — Scotland did not make a very good fist of it on Saturday when they lost their pool match to Western Samoa and were then tumbled out of the plate 38-5 by New Zealand . |
| 22 | Agnes pushed Jessie towards the basin , hissing , ‘ Stay there ! ’ then hurried out of the room to meet her mother in the corridor , the while calling , ‘ I 'm coming . |
| 23 | The rough had ended the hopes of many an illustrious name : defending champion Sandy Lyle , Tom Watson , who , like Ballesteros had complained about the narrow fairways and deep dune grass fringing them , and Craig Stadler , who shot an 82 and then pulled out of the tournament with a sprained wrist . |
| 24 | They were then smuggled out of the building in a police decoy operation , being driven away in unmarked cars with blankets over their heads . |
| 25 | The prisoner dismounted , then stumbled out of the wood . |
| 26 | She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this . |
| 27 | ‘ In some cases it does , ’ said Mervyn and then went out of the room . |
| 28 | She left the cloakroom and went to her office , took the report from the night sister and then went out of the office towards the nursing station . |
| 29 | They were then cast out of the Garden — ’ |
| 30 | I felt it was prudent to remain silent and then keep out of the Brigadier 's way until he had forgotten the incident of the bodyguards . |