Example sentences of "then [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then expanded at some length on this theme . |
| 2 | He grinned at her , then swished at a shrub with his cane and asked , with studied casualness , ‘ And will you stay here at Bishopstow ? |
| 3 | Nonetheless a William Sacheville , presumably Richard 's son , then lived at Mothecombe and his daughter Elizabeth married Andrew Stretchley . |
| 4 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
| 5 | Barney Moss grinned , then winked at Doyle . |
| 6 | He hummed softly to himself , and then winked at Irina . |
| 7 | Jack watched him for a moment , impressed , then winked at her and strolled off , whistling . |
| 8 | They then cruised at seventy mph to the cottage , thirty miles along the coast . |
| 9 | She then trained at the Medau School under the talented Irmela Doebner and some months after qualifying decided to come to England , and with the help of a postgraduate at Cambridge arranged to give a display at Newham College . |
| 10 | Gloria wrapped a corner of it round her index finger , spat to make it wet , then dabbed at Dot 's cheeks till they were sore . |
| 11 | With her little finger she flicked melted lipstick from the corners of her mouth , then dabbed at her nose and cheeks with a small powder-puff . |
| 12 | He jerked his head up , startled by her voice , then winced at the pain resulting from the sudden movement . |
| 13 | He blinked at Herr Nordern , then peered at the document and began to read aloud , in a hoarse voice : ‘ By Order of the Minister of Justice , I , the Chief of Police of the City of Berlin … ’ |
| 14 | She looked out over the smudged white landscape of Regent 's Park , then peered at the road below . |
| 15 | Mike Pumfrey punched the books aggressively , and then peered at them . |
| 16 | The Sergeant glowered at Rincewind , and then peered at Twoflower with interest . |
| 17 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |
| 18 | And with that he turned around , walked to the door , again turned , then shouted at Dad : |
| 19 | Dad was told how naughty James had been and then shouted at him and sent him to the bedroom . |
| 20 | ‘ Not much trouble here — ’ he began then shouted at Lucy , ‘ Get back from the edge ! ’ |
| 21 | He then knelt at the block like a priest before his prie dieu . |
| 22 | I cried out in shock , then gaped at the empty stairs disappearing into blackness . |
| 23 | Theorem XIV — If two matrices A , B permute , then provided at least one is non-defective , they share the same modal matrix . |
| 24 | The two then fenced at each other with their beaks , each parrying the other 's thrust . |
| 25 | The mixture was stirred for one minute in a tube mixer and then centrifugated at 3000× g for 10 minutes . |
| 26 | The arm hovered before the bookcase and then darted at a book end and retrieved a bound diary . |
| 27 | Ho staggered back and then came at him , fists flying . |
| 28 | He said she invited him to her flat , and then came at HIM with a knife . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , Stevens , ’ he began with a false air of nonchalance , but then seemed at a loss how to continue . |
| 30 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |