Example sentences of "[adv] and then [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were , however , insufficient to enable them to break through and then turn the German lines . |
| 2 | If the times at which additions are expected can be predicted , it may be wise to hold additions in an ancillary file until each ‘ burst ’ of activity is over and then to reorganize the main file to include them . |
| 3 | So take the ten away and the you have ten left over and then take the two away from that so eight . |
| 4 | If you are still unsure , walk on and then do the same again . |
| 5 | I imagine you came here with the intention of doing it up and then realised the enormous extent of the work needed to put it right . ’ |
| 6 | He drove half-way home before the windscreen-wipers packed up and then trudged the last two miles , through blinding snow , with the child tucked into his overcoat , her cold face buried in his shoulder , her small , cold hands round his neck . |
| 7 | Clean off the old polish thoroughly and then apply the new . |
| 8 | ‘ We are not playing kick and rush , ’ he insisted when driving out to a friend 's hotel in the Derwent Valley below Consett , pausing now and then to savour the uncluttered Durham landscape , his heart for ever in the North-east of England . |
| 9 | The Hall was surrounded by heavy , low clouds , which opened now and then to show the grim , cold moor and its wet , grey rocks . |
| 10 | They reached the summit at 3pm and then started the long abseil descent . |
| 11 | If we accept this view , we need to consider what decision making is about and then examine the various prescriptions on how best to make decisions . |
| 12 | But obviously my plant to whack off hastily and then make the second copy had to be abandoned , because my dick would n't even begin to reach over the plastic strip between me and where the glass started when it was soft . |
| 13 | Make sure that the program does not end up here accidentally and then define the first procedure . |