Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliver sat still , white with terror , for a second , then shouted loudly for help . |
| 2 | Exotic animals would probably have been rarities in the British arenae and even then used only for exhibition , as they would presumably have been too expensive to have suffered damage . |
| 3 | Bates trailed 3–0 in the final set against Black , his doubles partner this week , and went to the front for the first time in the match when he broke for 6–5 and then served out for victory . |
| 4 | Many firms — when else but at the peak of the property rush ? — then signed up for plush , atriumed premises to house their new recruits . |
| 5 | I then went off for lunch which was soup and crayfish . |
| 6 | The butler then went in for breeding dogs which he kept in large wire enclosures . |
| 7 | I tidied everything away and cleaned the shed up after my bomb-making activity , then went in for dinner . |