Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cantered back and forth on the gravel beach , then rode off through a corn field . |
| 2 | However it was then pointed out by a biologist that tiny movements by the plant could explain these variations . |
| 3 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 4 | The stables are a hive of activity as the session 's mounts are groomed and tacked up , and then led out into a small ménage , in a cobbled yard at the rear of the stables . |
| 5 | Occasionally a series starts this way , then veers off on a tangent to do with steering wheel size or some other imponderable . |
| 6 | Hook a triple transfer tool in three needles at left of centre , pull the needles to E position then push back to A position — once the stitches are on the transfer tool , it is safe to lift them out of the needles . |
| 7 | Dip a cotton bud into cuticle-remover and go round each cuticle , then push back with a rubber-tipped hoofstick . |
| 8 | Although the Victoria was not an especially large establishment , it backed onto an old warehouse that had at one time been split down the middle and then divided up into a series of small rooms that all opened onto a single long corridor . |
| 9 | Then got up for a pee . |
| 10 | The coaching committee in fact , had originally settled for four boxers but then included a fifth and Crowley then got in as a result of tremendous pressure from the body of the floor . |
| 11 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 12 | If any pieces of gold leaf have been chipped off to reveal the white base , there are various shades of gilt waxes which can be rubbed on with a soft cloth and then buffed up to a fine lustre . |
| 13 | Under a local anaesthetic , a whisk-like device will be passed down a fine tube into the gall bladder and rotated at 30,000 revolutions a minute , mincing the gallstones to a paste which is then sucked out through a tube . |
| 14 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |
| 15 | Soon an object reaches meteorite size , and then finishes up as a planet-sized object , all within a few thousand years . |
| 16 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 17 | The flashing light is then picked up by a sensor at the distant end and the information converted first into a corresponding electrical pattern then into sound using an earpiece or loudspeaker . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she cried , beginning to gesticulate as she did when excited and then to square up like a boxer . |
| 19 | The order was then carried out by a seaman , and an seven survivors were killed . |
| 20 | ‘ You invent , or goad me into , some failing to give you cause for complaint , so that you can then screw around with a clear conscience . |
| 21 | I asked him , ‘ Have you got any old letters in the attic ? ’ and he said ‘ Yes ! ’ ’ , is his mildly amazed recall of this historian 's jackpot — one which he then capitalised on by a determined digging out of all the other surviving relatives , enabling the construction of the definitive Shrewsbury family tree in the book . |
| 22 | The element is first placed on the stripping machine where the contaminated cladding is cut away , then dropped on to a conveyor belt to be stored under water in concrete storage silos . |
| 23 | These materials then flatten out as a disc surrounding the young star — to ultimately condense into planets . |
| 24 | He 'd shaken up Evans , first bawling him out then ending up with a show of confidence in him with the Havana . |
| 25 | They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations |
| 26 | 2 men were seen walking away and then driving off with a woman and possibly another man . |
| 27 | I was a European top salesman with er that company and then moved on as a franchise . |
| 28 | The crowds who gathered on Alexanderplatz and then moved off on a winding trail through East Berlin were in any case convinced he was their man . |
| 29 | He talked about the murder victim sprawled across the pavement , and then wandered off into a conversation about a comedian called Ken Dodd . |
| 30 | Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw . |