Example sentences of "he then [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then spent many years at night in the New York public library searching for an alternative method , and eventually discovered one in reading about the well-known principle of the photoconductor — a substance that will hold a charge of electricity in the dark , but not in the light . |
| 2 | He then spent several months among the Toda people of south-west India . |
| 3 | He then claims these propositions for the implicit extension of legal conventions ; that is , he claims them for law on his conception and so denies any gap in the law . |
| 4 | He then slid these combs into different hives , and simple observation revealed which hives contained hygienic bees . |
| 5 | He then complemented these observations by giving the appropriate remedy to patients who displayed similar symptoms and signs , and found that he had discovered a therapeutic tool eminently superior to any in use at that time . |