Example sentences of "[noun] then [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the plaintiff 's employee then chose to accept the delivery note and deliver the goods his conduct constituted an unconditional acceptance of the last counter-offer and the defendan t's terms were held to apply . |
| 2 | All subjects then learned to push a handle ( R1 ) in response to A and to pull it ( R2 ) in response to B. The test phase showed that stimulus C tended to evoke R2 , that is , to evoke the response acquired to the training stimulus that had received equivalent pre-training . |
| 3 | Hampshire County Council then proposed to reopen the baths as a much-needed facility for local people living in nearby tower blocks . |
| 4 | Robins coolly beat Hallworth then turned to watch a flock of blue shirts besiege the linesman to no avail . |
| 5 | Two events of outstanding importance then helped to settle the fate of each ; the capital of the Roman empire was transferred to Byzantium , renamed Constantinople , and Christianity became the state religion . |
| 6 | When the plaintiff then attempted to remove the furniture the defendant forbade him to do so and stationed a policeman at the gate to make sure he did not . |
| 7 | Two of his victims successfully sued him and the plaintiff then tried to recover the damages from the defendant . |
| 8 | Paddy then turned to kiss the altar and when he turned back his hand was raised to give his first priestly blessing . |
| 9 | Tom then decided to join a club which admits women ( not all of them do ) and snooker has become a shared interest . |
| 10 | A policeman then had to bring the traffic in all three lanes to a standstill while the motorist and his passenger crossed to safety . |
| 11 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
| 12 | ‘ The Duke of Buckingham then stood to deliver an harangue , ’ Edward went on . |
| 13 | The desperate man then attempted to hijack a taxi . |
| 14 | After some consideration NP then decided to withdraw the application . |
| 15 | When the FBI then proposed to kidnap a fugitive US financier , Robert Vesco , from the Bahamas , the Justice Department produced a legal opinion blocking the plan . |
| 16 | He said Mr Hawthorne then tried to grab a bowl but Mills , 18 , knocked it out of his hand . |
| 17 | Churchill then wanted to coerce the owners into a national agreement and statutory arbitration . |
| 18 | The CFDT then refused to sign the agreements and called for intensification of the strike movement . |
| 19 | General Garcia then decided to back the vice-president , Gustavo Espina , who declared himself president . |
| 20 | The crowd then proceeded to pull the place apart . |
| 21 | Having concluded that it was not possible accurately to assess industry 's wishes , the Report then proceeded to make a number of far-reaching recommendations . |
| 22 | Within two weeks the skin disease had cleared and Mr O'Reilly then began to retail the cream when word of its powers spread . |
| 23 | Mr Onyett said : ‘ Marla Ware then started to produce a series of complaints against me , and my relationship with Erica Wheeler started to deteriorate . |
| 24 | The clerks then agreed to call the police and one mugger was caught . |
| 25 | The police officer then proceeded to caution the applicant again , as was his duty under paragraph 16.5 of the Code of Practice for the Detention , Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers ( ‘ Code C ’ ) published by the Secretary of State pursuant to powers conferred by section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 . |
| 26 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |