Example sentences of "a [noun] then [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd sit around chatting for a bit then go on to whatever was happening that evening . |
| 2 | it fell by a thread then hobbled off , |
| 3 | And why , when you have agreed a price on the home you want , you can not simply hand the owner a cheque then move in . |
| 4 | Work out the pros and cons of what you are considering , and if your instinct is telling you to give it a try then go ahead . |
| 5 | A genius then suggested a solution to the skin-flint-swimmer syndrome . |
| 6 | Radiohead , from Oxford , are like a supercharged version of the House of Love , whipping up a storm then slowing things down , often in the same song ( the brilliant ‘ Blow Up ’ and ‘ Stop Whispering ’ ) . |
| 7 | Adalard 's grandfather had been Pippin I 's choice as count of Paris , a countship then held successively by Adalard 's uncles and his brother . |
| 8 | Graham gave Jenkins a wave then followed Laidlaw out into the street . |
| 9 | — a fear then forgotten but driven down into the subconscious ? |
| 10 | You get a photograph then mush ? |
| 11 | One Brownie picks out a card then gives the other Brownies a clue about the country . |
| 12 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 13 | She ordered a spritzer then turned back to him , her face solemn . |
| 14 | Once you know that you have achieved a result then obtaining your costs from the opposition should be a priority . |
| 15 | The huddle of noisy stalls in the back streets were a clamour of life and colour , selling diamanté , silk ribbons , radios , clothes , dead fish sliced up on cold slabs , snakes split down the middle , innards steaming on the bloodied stone floors , live birds in cages , killed with a hammer then plucked and sold , and thousand-year-old eggs streaked black and white with gaudy orange centres . |
| 16 | THE SECRET HISTORY Donna Tartt Already a US best-seller , this brilliant first novel starts with a murder then backtracks to explain why five Greek classics students at an exclusive college kill their classmate . |
| 17 | Boys off to a flyer then taste defeat |
| 18 | When she was 18 , Elizabeth and school pal Claire Earnshaw flew to America and bought a car then spent the summer touring America and Canada . |
| 19 | He held it up triumphantly as though it were a trophy then knelt beside the nearest keg and traced his finger around the seal of the small bung . |
| 20 | If you must get into a dilemma then charge further into it in an attempt to gain control of your destiny once again . |
| 21 | He looked at it for a second then got to his feet and stamped on the eye , hearing it pop beneath his foot . |
| 22 | He thought for a second then said : ‘ Yes , that 's the name . |
| 23 | Handlebar 's bird looked stunned for a second then withdrew backwards towards its mate . |
| 24 | A prompt then appears for the next entry . |
| 25 | Did you want a pen then to write on the board or not ? |
| 26 | Ball turning jig in action ( top ) a router then cuts the flutes ( above ) . |
| 27 | Cross a burn then climb through a wood to Maxton Church . |
| 28 | If you know such a coach then nominate him/her now because the search is on to find the 1993 Coach of the Year . |
| 29 | A misunderstanding then seems to have occurred with Fimbra writing to its members last week saying that its scheme had not been altered in any way and that members could not renew existing policies if the renewal date was after 1990 . |
| 30 | Thus if A loses his goods , which are found by B and then converted by C , both B and A might bring successive claims against C. If B accounts to A under section 7(3) , A must then reimburse C. |