Example sentences of "[conj] then [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By selling out when land values hit their peak in 1988 and then buying back at bargain levels later on , canny Pidgely has been able to slash house prices and still make a near-20% average profit per property . |
| 2 | But it 's got to be a case of saying ‘ hello ’ and then getting on with business . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's very good of him , ’ he said , going across to the window to look at their house and then turning away in pain . |
| 4 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 5 | He took off , flying low and keeping out of sight , tilting quickly up above a treeline to check what he had seen and then tipping out of sight again . |
| 6 | Er and then going on to article twelve under the principle |
| 7 | They did not feel sensation , but became sensation , pulsating , thrilling , climbing , soaring , diving , and then falling back towards earth only to soar suddenly upwards again . |
| 8 | It remained at this value for a further 20 minutes before rising again to 3.5 ( 0.5 ) by 30 minutes and then falling back to baseline by 2.5 hours . |
| 9 | The foolishness in ‘ Futility ’ being the foolishness of men going out killing each other and then coming back to nature and hoping that nature can sort out the mess they have made . |
| 10 | One Head Girl found her team circling round the stage once as rehearsed but then galloping straight off stage to the lavatories ; apparently one of the Girls had realized that she had a sudden attack of diarrhoea and had acted with unheard-of initiative . |