Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] then [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark on parallel lines with the pastry wheel and then use it to wrap round the sides of the cake . |
| 2 | A GANG of five teenagers stole a 20-year-old woman 's cash card and then tortured her to give them the pin number . |
| 3 | Anyway , I 'll go and give mum and dad a quick ring and then let them know . |
| 4 | She dusted his footprints off the seat and then helped him to settle . |
| 5 | Take in breath quickly through the mouth and then let it escape in an even hiss . |
| 6 | I was hungry but had to wait while he fiddled with a saucepan and then made me endure the smell of the meat coming from it . |
| 7 | It seems stupid now but you ca n't imagine what it was like stumbling about in the dark and then seeing him daubing away … whoever heard of painted flowers … ’ |
| 8 | Training is directed towards encouraging advisers to recognise such clients and then help them to resolve their problems themselves with self-help material , which is produced in many areas . |
| 9 | Cos I suppose they do so many recordings and then screen them do n't they ? |
| 10 | She , the German , does an interesting physiotherapy job to earn money as her doctor father pays her rent but then expects her to fend for herself , which she does with poise , professionalism and purposefulness . |
| 11 | But the almost mesmeric brilliance of Severiano Ballesteros first of all broke down what had appeared to be insurmountable barriers and then allowed him to charge through the gaps , devastating anything in his path . |
| 12 | Want to sort of put on the top of the wardrobe and then make it drop |
| 13 | They forced him to draw money from a cash machine and then made him drive to his home in Moulton where they threatened his parents with a kitchen knife . |
| 14 | But meanwhile , I will give you a prescription for some pills which should help to relieve some of your anxiety and then suppose we say , provisionally … ’ she glanced at a diary at the side of her desk , ‘ you come here next Monday at the same time ? ’ |
| 15 | It sets the scene and then helps us work together to improve our situation . |
| 16 | ‘ But it 's not very nice to take a convicted criminal into your home and then to have him tell you that you 're of little consequence . ’ |
| 17 | No , no he , he unstuck er a drain and then said he did something on the roof |
| 18 | Sunderland , who travel to Blackburn on Wednesday night for their penultimate game of the season , had hoped to come to a compromise arrangement which would have enabled them to use Rogan against Swindon and then let him travel to Belfast before tomorrow night 's game . |
| 19 | Together for an instant and then smash it 's all gone still its worth it . |
| 20 | She gathered the faded petals together with cupped hands , lifted a couple between her fingers and then let them fall . |
| 21 | Handlers guided it down the ramp with ropes and then let it wander away rather unsteadily . |
| 22 | Bringing them to the brink of consummation and then forcing them to retreat either because of an interruption or because one or both of the lovers suffer from doubt or shame is an appropriate Silhouette device . |
| 23 | ‘ Everyone keeps disappearing , ’ said Scarlet and then wished she had n't . |
| 24 | You made silly , empty requests and then let me walk out of your life . |
| 25 | From the 1650s onwards , judges had ordered convicts to be transported , but they had only been able to do this by passing a death sentence and then getting it commuted . |
| 26 | If you issue a cheque and then decide you want to ‘ stop ’ payment you can , providing it has not already been paid or been guaranteed by your cheque card . |
| 27 | His uncle hesitated a moment and then said she had left the house as soon as she realised Vincent had come . |
| 28 | Kelly stared at the pathetic figure for a moment and then let him go . |
| 29 | He squeezed her hand for a moment and then let it go . |
| 30 | He tilted her face , looking at her deeply for a moment and then letting her go . |