Example sentences of "[conj] then [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of our own plasmids is unknown , but the unique , ‘ inter-ALU ’ sequences may be ‘ nonsense ’ or then again , powerful control elements or genes . |
| 2 | The five-part Mass Fera Pessima — as its mutilated manuscript superscription should probably be read , though certain scholars have tried to dub it A Pessinuntia ( on account of its saturation in the dark Phrygian mode ) or even A Pestilentia ( speculatively linking it with an outbreak of plague in Stirling , where Carver might , or then again might not , have been living , in the 1940s ) — seems freely based on a plainsong of the Sarum rite derived from Chapter 37 of the Book of Genesis : ‘ Jacob … rent his garments . … |
| 3 | Or then again , maybe not … |
| 4 | Or then again , perhaps it was n't : the Home Office figures also showed that crime was rising more quickly in the shire counties and rural areas than in the major cities . |
| 5 | want to , or then again , pardon ? |
| 6 | ( Often the term is used in a rather derogatory way , as ‘ mere housekeeping ’ — albeit then mainly by male biochemists who may not recognize that housekeeping is a pretty serious business ! ) |
| 7 | Yeah well I remember that then just sleep overcame me and I , I closed me eyes and the next thing I knew John says well I wished you 'd of been awake to see that |
| 8 | Er I mean that goes back again to the articles which you might have about the way that parents talk to their children , and you quite often find that then very very quickly the children grow up speaking in a same way as the parent of that sex talked to the them . |
| 9 | sorry , Mr Chairman we have regular meetings with the Suffolk utilities and er this point can be made to them , although each of the utilities has it 's own colour , so that then perhaps those intended which are holes that have to be repaired , but certainly I can , I can erm understand Mr 's concern and I will put it to the next meeting of the Suffolk Highway Meeting this week . |
| 10 | The reason they did n't believe it is that up , up until then practically everybody believed in the inheritance of acquired characteristics . |
| 11 | The stuff would have to be stored , and then most probably burnt . " |
| 12 | He touched one of the pots gently with his hand and then hastily took it away . |
| 13 | The male , having survived every danger , thrusts his pedipalp into the female 's genital opening , squirts out the sperm and then hastily retreats . |
| 14 | Dr Van der Plas , the senior Dutch official aboard , went on shore and then hastily re-embarked . |
| 15 | How can you actually account for that because either you could er increase your profits by the accrued amounts and then somewhere else balance sheet and should pay for your acquisition |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , no ’ — so he ticked me off there and then instead . |
| 17 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 18 | And if you can just when you come across the odd ones that do start with K just learn those and then instead of learning about a hundred thousand or something |
| 19 | So instead of those two , we 'd , we 'd do that first , as you 've done it and then instead of those two we 'd just write two A B. So it 'll come to A squared plus two A B plus B squared . |
| 20 | Yes , cos they usually all water underneath there and that used to be pumped out , every so often the engine room would pump all that out and to heat any water up the cabins there used to be a , a small pump what used to pump the fresh water into the boiler and I used to have a a piece of er copper off that and just turn the steam on a little bit put it into a bucket of cold water and then instead of driving the pump that 'd go into the , the er bucket and heat the water and boil it . |
| 21 | And then instead of turning left down towards where we park the car , |
| 22 | But er , I sa so I said ooh , give it some of this fat off the ham and er it was getting it and then instead of eating it |
| 23 | So you have a bilge , and , you eat loads of cakes and then instead of like you with pizzas down there , they just throw it up |
| 24 | And then luckily , it suddenly went really quiet and he obviously wore himself out and like was having a sleep . |
| 25 | I let my gaze wander to the open grassy strip at the side of the block , which was almost completely empty of life , and then on to the red buses and cars hurrying along the main road . |
| 26 | All lighting circuits are radial ones — that is one cable goes from the fuseway in the consumer unit to the first light position , and then on to the second , and so on to the last on the circuit . |
| 27 | No patients would be identified and the information would be confidentially passed to the British Medical Association and then on to the Home Office . |
| 28 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 29 | My first visit is to the Red Cross , to pick up medicines requested on the previous patrol and then on to visit the Franciscan nuns , who run a school in Nicosia . |
| 30 | Much of the film shows the painter simply going about his task , first scratching outlines on parchment and then on to the canvas . |