Example sentences of "[noun pl] and then [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old familiar image of that desperately clutching hand , rising up out of the waves and then sinking again for ever , created itself in her mind 's eye . |
| 2 | Lucy said , clambering to her feet and then looking around for anywhere that she might have missed . |
| 3 | Film-making involves acting for 10 minutes and then waiting around for two hours . |
| 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 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 6 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |