Example sentences of "[coord] then [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hands ceased their uncertain fluttering , dropping to her lap as she sat back and then tugging at the hem of her skirt until it was at a more modest level . |
| 2 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 3 | He showed scores of slides and then announced at the end of his presentation that each was from a different crag . |
| 4 | I 'm going to work on a revolutionary kagoul that pulls itself on like the hood of a Chevy convertible , and then recedes at the touch of a button . |
| 5 | The program displays a black outline drawing and your child simply uses the mouse to choose a colour and then points at the area to fill in . |
| 6 | But though their name lives on in the region of Tuscany , the Etruscans actually survived for only a short period ; they were expelled from Rome by the Latins and then defeated at the battle of Aricia in 506BC . |
| 7 | The car reversed into one warden , and then drove at the other , who had to jump onto the bonnet to avoid being hurt . |
| 8 | Whether they died naturally or were ritually murdered they were cremated , and then buried at the centre of a great mound . |
| 9 | Whether they died naturally or were ritually murdered they were cremated , and then buried at the centre of a great mound . |
| 10 | The first step is therefore to decide exactly how much you want to spend and then to look at the range of items that can be purchased for this figure or less . |
| 11 | She cut the hair close to the nape of the neck , leaving it long on top to keep it soft and then graduated at the back to create a heavy wedge . |
| 12 | People gathered in groups outside the burger place ; others went to buy cigarettes from the Indian shop on the corner and then stood at the bus stop . |
| 13 | well when you 're a bit bigger perhaps your mummy I 'll buy some , you just look at your feet , compare your feet with mine look look at your feet , yes look , look at the size of your feet and then look at the size of mummy 's , look , who 's feet are biggest ? |
| 14 | Answer the three questions below and then look at the photograph on the right . |
| 15 | She rang his office , and then panicked at the secretary 's voice , and put the receiver down without speaking . |
| 16 | ‘ He put his foot between the two bottom rungs of the ladder and then caught at the upright to save himself from staggering . |
| 17 | So that 's that 's the way to use that is not to talk to it but to have a silence while you 're writing er and then to stand at the side while you making the points that are that are associated with what you 've written up . |
| 18 | She started to leave , but then turned at the doorway and said : |