Example sentences of "[was/were] then [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After flying on land , the group were then whisked off in an airborne plane to Robert Carrier 's restaurant in Suffolk for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 2 | Patients were then crossed over to the opposite treatment . |
| 3 | They were then sent off towards the enemy , running panic-stricken this way and that , and in the process spreading the poisonous fumes . |
| 4 | They were then cast out of the Garden — ’ |
| 5 | These values were then converted back to the pH scale . |
| 6 | Whatever the mitigating circumstances — the heat , effects of jetlag and an injury to Mark Appleson — Scotland did not make a very good fist of it on Saturday when they lost their pool match to Western Samoa and were then tumbled out of the plate 38-5 by New Zealand . |
| 7 | The completed report cards were then passed on to the SCC for discussion , after which the details would be forwarded to either the association of SCCs ( covering a wider area than a single school ) , the ASEA , or to some other agency , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants or the Recreational Evening Schools Association . |
| 8 | Police marksmen were then drafted in for a 12 hour siege after he barricaded himself in . |
| 9 | They were then smuggled out of the building in a police decoy operation , being driven away in unmarked cars with blankets over their heads . |
| 10 | A crooked locksmith is believed to have made copies of the keys which were then smuggled back into the ‘ escape-proof ’ jail . |
| 11 | Two of the Actuarial typists were then smuggled in to the delight of the all male audience and sang ‘ Three Little Girls ’ along with ‘ Nobby ’ Knox , who was distinguishable only by the fact that he was the one not wearing a mini-skirt . |
| 12 | We were then oriented out of the door . |
| 13 | The metric system was then built up on the decimal system , which you already have been studying . |
| 14 | Briefly , a known excess of H + ions ( 250 µl of 0.1 M H 2 SO 4 =50 µEq H + ) was added to 2 ml of sample and 5 ml of deionised H 2 O. This was gassed with CO 2 free nitrogen ( washed through saturated barium hydroxide solution ) for five minutes to remove dissolved CO 2 from the sample , which was then titrated up to the reaction endpoint at pH 8.4 ( pH meter PHM 82 linked to an autoburette ABU 80 and controlled by an autotitrator TTT 80 all units Radiometer , Copenhagen ) with 15 mM NaOH . |
| 15 | One school of thought has it that William received his regular thrashing for untidy work and was then locked up in a tiny room to rewrite it . |
| 16 | However it was then pointed out by a biologist that tiny movements by the plant could explain these variations . |
| 17 | The design was then filled out with the smaller red roses , ‘ Yesterday ’ and ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ , and finally to complete any gaps I used some pink ‘ Ballerina ’ and creamy pink ‘ Penelope ’ roses . |
| 18 | The possibility of obtaining loans from the Phnom Penh museum was then followed up by the curator in Asian art at the ANG , Doctor Michael Brand : ‘ Normally it would have been the ANG 's desire to have more time , but 1992 was chosen because the Japanese were trying to borrow some objects for a show to be held in 1993 . |
| 19 | The disgraced soldier was then dragged back into the glare of publicity last November when the Attorney General successfully challenged her sentence as ‘ unduly lenient ’ . |
| 20 | He was then reeled in by the Frenchman , a three-times champion who now has a record 48 victories to his name while Hill has raced in only nine Grands Prix . |
| 21 | If they were grubby , you were told to put your hand out and you had a cut with cane , a punishment which was then meted out to the other hand , followed by the order — ‘ Go and wash ’ . |
| 22 | Cryptic teaser : Who drew 6-6 and was then sent off by the ‘ ref ’ ? |
| 23 | John Stratford , the Bishop of Winchester , had not been the king 's candidate for the see and had had to buy the king 's good will for £1,000 , which was then paid over to the younger Despenser ; and the Bishop of Norwich had been the victim of the king 's annoyance about the treaty with Charles IV in 1325 , which the bishop had helped to negotiate . |
| 24 | McLaren was then ushered in from an adjoining office . |
| 25 | The normal formula is ‘ it seemed good to the Council and People ’ , indicating that the decree had been prepared for the Assembly ( ‘ the people ’ ) by the Council , and was then voted on by the Assembly . |
| 26 | A top bunk was then pulled down from the ceiling , complete with ladder . |
| 27 | He played only once in that series but was then brought back for the rubber in India and made a big impact , so that when he had Steele 's wicket at Headingley he chalked up his hundredth Test wicket in the record time of two years 144 days . |
| 28 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 29 | The order was then carried out by a seaman , and an seven survivors were killed . |
| 30 | A high-pass filter was used to isolate the local ( high-frequency ) variation which was then added back to the image so that the local component was effectively doubled , thus amplifying or exaggerating its importance . |