Example sentences of "and then [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may think it is a rum thing that a chap like Tim should pay an arm and a leg to come here for a year and then teach us a thing or two but then I am perfectly happy to admit that we do n't know everything . |
| 2 | ‘ It is like Nero throwing Christians to the lions and then promising them a grievance procedure , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Take your jewellery and pawn it , get yourself a place to live , and then get yourself a job . |
| 4 | I 'd throw a ball in the bunker and then bet him a Coke he could n't get up and down . |
| 5 | As she hitched up the fox fur draped about her neck , she was tempted now and then to give them a regal wave but decided that to sit back in dignified hauteur was more fitting to her role . |
| 6 | and er , she 's got two more raises at school , they 'll give him a credit and then wrote him a letter saying that he 'll probably be expelled again , of course she went busting up there |
| 7 | and then wrote himself a note to remind himself to untie the blooming thing . |
| 8 | Dad got me to read aloud to him and then offered me a barley sugar . |
| 9 | The hostel took him in and then offered him a room in a shared house . |
| 10 | I 'll put on some wood and then make us a cup of tea . ’ |
| 11 | The main questions you ask , the more he 'll believe , he do n't ask , it 's , it 's , it 's all about , this is what I 'm saying about erm reacting , eh when basically what you would is you 'd make a statement , tell him something and then ask him a question , which is what you did anyway , but I do n't know if you 're always aware of what you 're doing , you 're doing , you do it naturally , selling is about making statements and then asking questions , you do it when you telephone customers all the time |
| 12 | It 's a terrible thing to be told that and then to do what the director says and it feels like shit . |
| 13 | You rewrote the letter after the original had been burned , had your version photocopied and then sent me the copy . |
| 14 | Annunziata , who had accepted the hug , made Julia get back into bed and then told her the whole story . |
| 15 | ‘ If you part from a lover there is no point in saying goodbye and then seeing him every day , ’ she said . |
| 16 | For a long time that night too he had not slept , had lain thinking , wondering what to do , listening to the delicate sounds like tiny bubbles breaking — and then hearing them no more . |
| 17 | Over a two-day residential course , it is possible to start with recent trends in the workplace , go on to analyse a variety of management styles and approaches , consider strategies , and then develop what the course manual describes as ‘ a sense of solidarity and optimism in ‘ Hard Times ’ ' . |
| 18 | Once one way , cleaned it up and then did it the o opposite way . |
| 19 | Well I bought lots of videos and then watch them a lot . |
| 20 | Lawrence passes me a handful of the standard ones ( white plastic , old Bell records logo ) and then gives me a couple of unusual ones ; heart-shaped and bearing the words ‘ I Love Lawrence ’ . |
| 21 | So if you 're looking for something , bit of a pain having to wade through half a dozen pages , if you can go to the index and then jump directly to the relevant page , and then save you a bit of time . |
| 22 | Once Clive was in the hypnotic state on this occasion , I asked him to visualize going up to someone he knew slightly , taking a few deep breaths and then asking them a simple question — ‘ Could you please tell me the time ? ’ or ‘ Do you know the way to such-and-such a street ? ’ |
| 23 | Another one is getting myself into situations and then wondering what the hell I was doing there . |
| 24 | It would do this twice more and then call it a day . |
| 25 | If the answer to the problem is doubtful , say so , and then suggest what the answer ought to be . |
| 26 | I you place your hands on your hips with your fingers pointing backwards and then move them an inch or two higher over the bottom of the rib cage they will cover the loins . |
| 27 | Let her eat lunch and then give her a mild tranquilliser . |
| 28 | Yeah I said we 'd erm drive over to Marion 's on our way out and then give her a pressie . |
| 29 | The logical thing to do is to plan a road racing season which will give you something to aim for in the summer , and then give yourself the option of trying another marathon in the autumn . |
| 30 | So if you would usually start the programme with the address from the mayor at 9.30am , consider having the mayor speak at a breakfast at 8am and then give everyone a two-hour break from 11am to have a sight-seeing walk or shopping session before returning for lunch . |