Example sentences of "then [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem was then pointed out to us and we had to employ a plumber to put matters right . |
| 2 | However it was then pointed out by a biologist that tiny movements by the plant could explain these variations . |
| 3 | She was present at the birth of the Blessed Virgin , who was then given over to her care for twelve years , and at the Visitation and the birth of St John the Baptist and even at the birth of the Saviour , when she was allowed to provide bedding for the Virgin and swathing-clothes for the Child . |
| 4 | In the first the message is received in full and is then given out to the person ; in the second the message is received and is simultaneously translated into the second language . |
| 5 | The tree roots act like a giant sponge when the rain falls , drawing up water from the ground which is then given off as vapour through the leaves . |
| 6 | Jean-Paul looked down at his own oiled body , then spat on to his palm for added lubrication . |
| 7 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 8 | This bar is clamped at one end and the other end is then broken off by means of a heavy hammer in the form of a pendulum . |
| 9 | This figure is then broken down for each of the UK countries . |
| 10 | The projected future population growth rate for Wales is then broken down for each county . |
| 11 | Generally , this will be employees split male/female and then broken down into five-year age bands and the average salary for the age band calculated . |
| 12 | The unit is then broken down into several outcomes or elements to which performance criteria are attached . |
| 13 | This man , eager to draw first blood , swerved as he neared Sharpe , then leaned out of his saddle to give a gut-slicing sweep with the glittering blade . |
| 14 | Lambert was then flown out to Gibraltar in Sqn.Ldr . |
| 15 | You can also create beautiful designs in outline , which are then filled in with full satin-stitch embroidery in up to five different colours . |
| 16 | The design was then filled out with the smaller red roses , ‘ Yesterday ’ and ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ , and finally to complete any gaps I used some pink ‘ Ballerina ’ and creamy pink ‘ Penelope ’ roses . |
| 17 | It is then placed on to the inked drum of a duplicating machine ( Fig. 6.9 ) and the ink is then forced through the cuts in the stencil and the copy is produced on absorbent paper . |
| 18 | When the cat was successful it was rewarded with food and then placed back inside the box . |
| 19 | In the case of practitioners , who are now included in the disputes procedure , that 's , that is then referred up to the Family Health Service Authority . |
| 20 | another , is normally then referred back within the T B B and also with the year , the middle of the July committee every year we report on , schedule and minor improvement propose for the accounted year and the following year when members can see each individual scheme which is under preparation and is imminent in their lovely er their order of construction . |
| 21 | If they were grubby , you were told to put your hand out and you had a cut with cane , a punishment which was then meted out to the other hand , followed by the order — ‘ Go and wash ’ . |
| 22 | It is then shaken out with fork or machine to aerate the hay and allow the wind to pass through it . |
| 23 | It sailed in a great arc , hung poised for a fraction of a second , then plunged out of sight to the sea . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The hemiplegic leg is then lifted back to the floor , the trouser leg is pulled a little further up the thigh , and anchored in place by the patient crossing his unaffected leg over it . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | These molecules are then picked up by receptor proteins on the surface of the second cell . |
| 29 | This led to a great setback for the Company ; by the early 1680s it seemed to have established itself , and paid its first dividends , at about 50 per cent a year , but it was then caught up in England 's wars against France , the bases were captured , and no regular dividends could be paid until after it had got its property back under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 . |
| 30 | The normal formula is ‘ it seemed good to the Council and People ’ , indicating that the decree had been prepared for the Assembly ( ‘ the people ’ ) by the Council , and was then voted on by the Assembly . |