Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put the papers in the folder and the folder in my bag , then stuffed that under my seat . |
| 2 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |
| 3 | I started off with a random set of guesses as to how to break the code , and then checked each guess to see how good it was at turning the garbled message into English . |
| 4 | He worked out where The Bar was on his maps , and then checked this perspective against the actual view — from where he saw the city it looked like The Bar was right in the middle of it , not hidden away at all like it was on the map . |
| 5 | I think what is quite interesting about my work is that I was non-disabled , then became disabled , and I operate at these borders . |
| 6 | Her pretty perspiring face split into a sheepish grin , then became serious again on reflection of being taken over by her baser instincts so completely . |
| 7 | Often capable-looking owners assured her that they were good at controlling their pets , but at the first sign of resistance they released their hold and the animal then became nervous and upset . |
| 8 | A rash then became visible over the whole of the patient 's body and extending on to her limbs ; this was an erythema and not a purpura . |
| 9 | I did knock and then became captivated . |
| 10 | After promising full co-operation with the inquiry , the region then became involved in a fierce and embarrassing controversy over remarks by a senior education official that malnutrition when young or genetics could be important factors in the issue . |
| 11 | It flared up , then became black ash . |
| 12 | Lighting then became critical to ensure you did n't swamp one image with the other . ’ |
| 13 | He then became chief intelligence officer to the Egyptian expeditionary force that advanced into Palestine . |
| 14 | However , it was contended for the bank that Fashions and Wholesale remained indebted to BCCI for £600,000 and BCCI then became accountable to Mr Sawar for £300,000 ; this amount would then be limited to the dividend payable in the liquidation . |
| 15 | The differences between the adult and child data then became insignificant . |
| 16 | Information then became available at people 's fingertips and when Mr Fallon launched the Echo on CD-Rom he said : ‘ Let us be in no doubt as to the importance of this new resource for schools , business users and the community . ’ |
| 17 | In contrast , the more commercially-attractive plots alongside Ermine Street soon attracted pottery production and then became built-up with strip buildings and workshops associated with various specialist activities , as Artis ' excavations made clear . |
| 18 | Kenya 's dilemma then became that of finding how to make foreigners welcome whilst forcing them to bring their own capital . |
| 19 | He stared briefly and then became one enormous grin , pushing his spectacles up on his rubbery nose . |
| 20 | It then became one of the constituent republics of the USSR in 1922 . |
| 21 | Callaghan later stated that it ‘ popped out ’ at the end of 1977 and then became firmer following a television broadcast . |
| 22 | The discovery of X-ray diffraction in 1912 made a significant difference too : it then became possible to determine unambiguously whether a small , hard crystal was indeed a diamond . |
| 23 | The result was that it then became possible to record the data on a continuous re-circulating loop of tape that would last for 25 hours before being erased and used again . |
| 24 | Koops then became interested in the long-standing problem of making paper from materials other than linen and cotton . |
| 25 | Her voice deepened in intensity for a moment , then became reflective . |
| 26 | Monique Lavaux smiled understandingly , then became brisk again . |
| 27 | Elinor was sometimes at a loss for the right word , or name , and then became impatient with herself ; she was often frustrated because she could n't move as swiftly as she did before . |
| 28 | I became chief executive in 1971 and I then became responsible for the implementation of the plan . |
| 29 | He then became German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and president of his own party , the Freie Demokratische Partei |
| 30 | The Grand Coalition then became crippled and although the CDU emerged first from the elections with a respectable 46 per cent , they were outnumbered by the SPD ( who rose to 43 per cent ) and FDP ( who declined to 6 per cent , their lowest vote ever ) . |