Example sentences of "[coord] then [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulling off the silky dress with trembling hands , then the slips of white lace which did service as bra and pants , she angrily kicked off the low-heeled white sandals , raked her long blonde hair out of its French plait , and then plunged gratefully for the privacy of the small en-suite bathroom , standing beneath the shower for a long , soothing soak before she climbed into bed in the baggy jade T-shirt which she wore as a nightshirt . |
| 2 | The BBC 's proposed solution was that everything should be handled by the BBC and then licensed back to the publishers . |
| 3 | The initial opinions are collated and compiled , and then fed back to the panel . |
| 4 | Halfway across , Jenny jumped , landed , felt her foot slip from under her , gave a yell of fear , and then toppled sideways into the river . |
| 5 | The path goes to the right to reach a stream at a small gorge and then goes slightly to the left to pass Loch an Fhir-bhallaich . |
| 6 | The second session begins with a few limbering-up exercises and then goes immediately to the selection . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah ! ’ she says , and then goes over to the other side of the shop . |
| 8 | so he took some bread down and then popped up to the gate where they these were sort of quite a way a way , and Gemma said you wait there with Jane and I 'll invite those people to come up , you see and erm , I 've got ta be a bit cool , went to the table to put some bread there course it an awful and she |
| 9 | The Kates actually drop their torpedoes and then climb up over the ship superstructures as the torpedoes hit home . |
| 10 | There , he was able to lift himself on to his crutch again and then climb out of the stockade . |
| 11 | The final sections of ‘ Van Gogh ’ are particularly masterly : as the painter painfully dies in the little village inn , his friends lament his passing for a moment and then get on with the business of the day — shopping , washing clothes , preparing for work . |
| 12 | Sometimes he was too sick to eat anything all day , but other days he would sleep for a while and then get up for a meal . |
| 13 | The boss knows that his or her job is to establish those boundaries , and then get out of the way . ’ |
| 14 | He picked up a mirror and looked at his own face , and then looked again at the face in the portrait . |
| 15 | Tubby took one swallow and then looked up at the Colonel . |
| 16 | Rohmer took a step towards them , still massaging his hand and then looked back at the girl . |
| 17 | Robyn listened , stared , digesting all that he had said and then looked back at the magnificent sixty-foot holly tree . |
| 18 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 19 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 20 | ‘ If you do n't keep in that fall , I 'm stopping your sweets , ’ he said , and then looked down at the mass of Arthur on the ground . |
| 21 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 22 | The stables are a hive of activity as the session 's mounts are groomed and tacked up , and then led out into a small ménage , in a cobbled yard at the rear of the stables . |
| 23 | I watched the doors close and then ran upstairs to the empty ticket hall to wait for the next train . |
| 24 | He paused a moment , staring about him , and then ran on to the bend . |
| 25 | The method used to achieve this could be called a filtering technique for , by analogy with the process of filtering as used in the chemistry laboratory , a particular part of a mixture ( the edges or boundaries ) was isolated and then added back to the original image to give Figure 5.14 . |
| 26 | Reserved offers are subtracted from the maximum offers to be made and then added in by the Co-ordinator as used up . |
| 27 | And then flip just to the other side of minus three , again minus three , plus the tiniest bit , |
| 28 | Twice winner of the Paris event , seventh last year in London and then sprinting away in the final 200 metres to win the Berlin marathon ahead of Plaatjes , Brace has collected more money than he could have ever earned in his chosen profession of teaching . |
| 29 | Go right and then turn right at the junction with the A689 to Weardale , follow the road down the hill and take the path through the gateway on the left . |
| 30 | Head to the viewing platform and then turn right through the wood and go back to the field turning right down the hard path and going back to the Castle Bolton signpost . |