Example sentences of "then [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He practised the phrase a few times and then stuffed the book back in the outside pocket of his jacket . |
| 2 | ‘ After Anthony caught the cod he returned to the car park because his car was blocking somebody in , ’ explained a colleague at Sizewell B. ‘ One of his mates then stuffed the watch down the cod 's throat with a stick — I can imagine Anthony 's surprise when he started to fillet the fish back home . |
| 3 | The mail was uniformly trivial , but he read it all and then stuffed the torn envelopes and their contents into his pockets for disposal elsewhere . |
| 4 | The respondent then lent the money interest-free to the family company . |
| 5 | It looks as if he tore out the entries for the last two months and burned those pages separately , then chucked the book open on the flames . |
| 6 | I then checked the green box on the right-hand side of page 8 ( Help For The Hopeless ) . |
| 7 | Taking the plate gently from him she placed it in the sink , then checked the turkey one last time , turned the gas down as low as it would go and made her way up to bed . |
| 8 | The driver walked round the bus , then checked the road once again . |
| 9 | She ran a sticky finger down the monthly balance-sheet , then checked the figures against the handwritten bank statement . |
| 10 | He stroked the Gullwing as he passed it and then unlocked the Ferrari 's passenger door to let Billie in . |
| 11 | He clipped a glass slide , smeared with a drop of blood , under an ordinary microscope reversed ; and then scanned the specimen in a series of lines by means of a minute and brilliant spot of light . |
| 12 | He corrected , then scanned the empty sea ahead of him . |
| 13 | She glared at him , then scanned the road for anyone who might offer help if he turned nasty and tried to force her back inside the car , but , apart from an elderly woman walking an equally elderly terrier along the opposite pavement , the road was deserted . |
| 14 | She carefully packed her case again , then scanned the tidy bedroom and bathroom with some satisfaction . |
| 15 | She drew in a great sharp breath which shook her shoulders , then wiped the old man 's chin with a cloth . |
| 16 | She shook the thermometer vigorously , then wiped the end with antiseptic . |
| 17 | He got out of the taxi , paid the driver , then wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand . |
| 18 | Squid and yellowtail then became the main species fished , but throughout the 1960s and 1970s the pattern was repeated as the yellowtail fishery began to show the familiar signs of overfishing , with catches decreasing despite increasing fishing efforts . |
| 19 | Kept in training as a four-year-old , Pebbles won the Trusthouse Forte Mile at Sandown Park , was second in the Prince of Wales 's Stakes at Royal Ascot , and then became the first filly ever to win the Eclipse , beating subsequent Arc winner Rainbow Quest by two lengths . |
| 20 | The street then became the stadium and the custom-built truck opened out into a full stage with a public address system , railings , lights , flags , party backdrop and seating all built in . |
| 21 | After five years , the initially reluctant southern states joined what then became the German Empire . |
| 22 | Such hexaploid triticale then became the subject of large-scale seed production . |
| 23 | A UK company was incorporated , which then became the holding company of a company set up to run the Dutch business . |
| 24 | There he ordered Cronus to vomit up the other children , who then became the gods of Olympus . |
| 25 | The comedians then became the classic movie showmen of these early years . |
| 26 | It then became the USAC National Championship and since 1979 , following the formation of CART , the CART National Championship . |
| 27 | According to Sark law , by her marriage her estate , including the seigniory , passed to her husband , but she had no intention of relinquishing her hold on island affairs and , although he then became the official seigneur , she sat beside him at meetings of the chief pleas ( Sark 's governing body ) , prompting his actions and continuing , albeit illegally , to give voice to her own opinions . |
| 28 | He then became the East of Scotland representative . |
| 29 | In A.D. 325 the Emperor himself professed Christianity , which then became the official religion of the Roman Empire . |
| 30 | He then became the resident guitarist at ECM and therefore has played guitar for everyone in the modern movement : for example , Paul Bley , Mike Gibbs , Eberhard Weber , Paul Motian and Jan Gabarek . |