Example sentences of "and then [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BBC 's proposed solution was that everything should be handled by the BBC and then licensed back to the publishers . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | He dusted it a little , to marvel better , and then moved on to the glass coffin . |
| 4 | ‘ Water Babies ’ featured Linda Frew and June Milligan feeding our sea-lions , and starred the new baby sea-lion ; and then moved on to the young penguins next door . |
| 5 | Ace checked his in turn and then moved on to the other team members . |
| 6 | When the cat was successful it was rewarded with food and then placed back inside the box . |
| 7 | Brought them down here and then gone off along the cliff path with them . |
| 8 | He suddenly dropped a quick kiss on her startled lips and then bounded off up the stairs , and Jenna was left with his briefcase in her hand , her expression stunned . |
| 9 | Edward took her on a tour of Bath — perhaps he was also hoping to be seen by someone who knew him ! — and then headed out into the country . |
| 10 | Before departing , we ate and then headed off to the Crucible Theatre for the evening . |
| 11 | The Glasgow Volunteers , disbanded after the Peace of Amiens in 1802 and then called back to the colours again , included the Fifth or Grocer 's Battalion , the Canal Volunteers , and the Royal Glasgow Volunteer Horse of 60 men and , presumably , 60 horses . |
| 12 | I tugged and lugged the dinghy until it was sliding backwards down the bank , and then held on to the painter , digging my heels in , leaning back to prevent too fast and splashy a launch . |
| 13 | Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain . |
| 14 | And , yes , I saw the incident at Southampton , where Mark Nicholas was eventually given out to a disputed close catch and then brought back to the crease . |
| 15 | Crookes was thus very important in preparing the way for the ‘ discovery ’ of the electron by J. J. Thomson in 1897 , in an experiment in which cathode rays were deflected by a magnetic field , and then brought back to the zero point by an electric field . |
| 16 | He staggered a little , or perhaps it was a weird sort of dance , and then rooted around among the half-empty plates , cramming whatever food he could find into his mouth . |
| 17 | She grunted assent , and he filled the coffee percolator , set it on the stove and then rooted around in the refrigerator for the ketchup , while he wondered how to approach the subject of his going to New York . |
| 18 | The rough had ended the hopes of many an illustrious name : defending champion Sandy Lyle , Tom Watson , who , like Ballesteros had complained about the narrow fairways and deep dune grass fringing them , and Craig Stadler , who shot an 82 and then pulled out of the tournament with a sprained wrist . |
| 19 | We were kicked and shouted at and then thrown out of the vehicle . |
| 20 | He 'd worked in Japan and married there , been bureau chief in South Africa and then taken over as the AP 's chief Middle East correspondent in Beirut . |