Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then got up for a pee . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw . |
| 4 | ‘ My mother will probably have a very genteel fit of hysteria , and my father will mutter something about it being a ‘ damn shame ’ and your not being ‘ the right kind of girl ’ , and then stomp off for a game of golf . |
| 5 | So often the preacher has an idea that he feels strongly about , and he then casts around for a scripture that seems to fit his message . |
| 6 | Police marksmen were then drafted in for a 12 hour siege after he barricaded himself in . |
| 7 | Sometimes he was too sick to eat anything all day , but other days he would sleep for a while and then get up for a meal . |
| 8 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 9 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 10 | I place an ashtray on the bed in front of her then lean over for a kiss . |
| 11 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 12 | He paced the room , then lay down for a while , hands clasped behind his head . |
| 13 | Left the daddy 's list with Mr Moore ( of Moore 's Models ) and then went off for a bit of a stroll around . |
| 14 | ‘ Boom , Boom , ’ says the boogieman , as he coolly shoots his lady down , rams her into his car , steers off to his house , gets a bang out of watching her walking the floor , and then settles down for a bit of baby talk . |
| 15 | The yachts tacked back and forth across the Solent , and then moored up for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 16 | ‘ Then we would probably have a mandatory defence , which we would not duck , and then come back for a third defence against Bruno . ’ |
| 17 | Anyone who seems suitable will receive an informal visit and then come down for a more formal interview . ’ |
| 18 | Newlove then dived over for a try of his own , with late scores from Offiah and Schofield rubbing salt in Welsh wounds . |
| 19 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |