Example sentences of "then [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For large-enough r-values ( r } 312 ) there is a stable symmetric periodic orbit which winds just once around the Z-axis and which then persists for all larger r-values ( Fig. 6.9c ) . |
| 2 | Do not allow yourself to be pushed around by an agency that tells you they have a large number of suitable vacancies and then persists in sending you for jobs which are not within your specifications . |
| 3 | If one creditor then sues for the balance of his debt he commits a breach of contract with each of those creditors . |
| 4 | Most typically , the apparent reality of the object is an effect of its being treated like a painting ; the text frames its object and then refers to it in terms that suggest that it is already represented on a canvas . |
| 5 | He then refers to the conference held in 1991 with some 300 theologians , historians , educators and lay leaders from 25 countries who endeavoured to disentangle what is considered legitimate use of religion from its apparent misuse . |
| 6 | The Skeleton rips a chunk of raw flesh out of the character ( normal damage , +3 ) and then sits on the floor and begins to bite and tear at its ‘ meal ’ . |
| 7 | Jeremy settles Kate on a rattan sofa with a whisky , flicks on the stereo and then sits down himself at the other end of the sofa , making sure that she notices his careful maintenance of physical space between them . |
| 8 | In fact it makes its point more powerfully if it is seen as prose but heard or read as poetry since the meditation then enacts for the reader that speech-become-song meditation-become-poem that Rolle talks of in The Fire of Love . |
| 9 | She points to the teddy bear ( that one ) in the first picture and then points to the empty chair in the second picture ( there ) and assumes that the teacher is paying attention to what she is pointing to in their shared context of situation . |
| 10 | ‘ Not just any shit , but the turds laid by — ’ He twirls the stick again and then points at someone I never seen before . |
| 11 | Before the gig , Cud munch shark steak and nut loaf , Mike Dunphy drives a pea to the edge of his plate and then points at me with his fishknife . |
| 12 | The program displays a black outline drawing and your child simply uses the mouse to choose a colour and then points at the area to fill in . |
| 13 | Hidden by her handmaids she is seen to blush , then turns to Actaeon and throws water in his face to blind him , to stop him seeing her naked , but that is not enough and she knows it is not enough , and soon he feels the horns growing on his forehead , dat sparso capiti vivacis cornus cervis , she caused to grow on his head the horns of the long-lived stag , as if the cost of seeing her naked had to be death , first metamorphosis then death . |
| 14 | At top of rise , turn left on track which after 200 yds descends slightly then turns to left while in minor valley . |
| 15 | Our coverage begins with the biggest thing he did , then turns to the biggest thing he left undone . |
| 16 | It takes forty minutes to walk from Dhang station to the farm along a road which starts as a stony track then turns to mud . |
| 17 | He then turns to ‘ the state of the workmen congregated in manufactories ’ . |
| 18 | The Commissioner then turns to the issue of price transparency . |
| 19 | The Beggar reproves him , then turns to practical advice . |
| 20 | This section first compares prevalence in Wirral with the few studies of rates of opioid use in other parts of the UK , and then turns to an examination of the characteristics of opioid users in different areas . |
| 21 | Beginning with two case studies , it then turns to the way commercial law has been intended to function , and in fact has functioned to facilitate market transactions in developed market economies . |
| 22 | Collie then turns to what can be identified as the second area of instability within the new English : its claims to inculcate a sense of social responsibility . |
| 23 | When she does , he finds a shirt , puts it on , then turns to Isaac , who is playing with one of Asaad 's toy cars . |
| 24 | Serafine tips Miranda back against the pillows in the position of sleep , and gently pulls the thumb out of her mouth , shaking her head and smiling , ‘ No ’ , then turns to Xanthe , smooths her hair , for she is already drifting , eyes half-closed . |
| 25 | The chapter then turns to a detailed analysis of the behavioural determinants of consumer demand . |
| 26 | Part VII then turns to matters concerning annual accounts . |
| 27 | Turn left after the Crown pub onto this straight road of around half a mile which then turns into a no through road to Midelney and Midelney Manor . |
| 28 | The voice sings along with the song , then turns into a hum . |
| 29 | 4 The defender then turns into the strike she is about to deliver , thus adding more power to the knife hand to the attacker 's throat . |
| 30 | At the beginning of his translation , Mannyng appeals to the reader : His vivid description of the Crucifixion both stresses Christ 's willingness — he climbs the ladder to mount the cross , then turns at the top , laying himself vulnerable and open as he stretches out his arms and back against it — and rams home the shock of pain as the nails are driven in . |