Example sentences of "and then [verb] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The title and format might lead the casual observer into expecting just another general text ; but closer inspection reveals that the book assumes some basic knowledge of the subject and then goes on to concentrate on those aspects of geology of most direct relevance to society — seismic and volcanic hazards , landslides , erosion , subsidence , groundwater , and so on . |
| 2 | I hope Wilko cuts his losses with our Brian and then goes out to look for a decent striker . |
| 3 | He flashed signals back to me and then ran downstairs to check by telephone to see if the message had been sent and received correctly . |
| 4 | One of her mates over the road 's he 's gon na try and get a grant and then pay for the college by that and then tell where to go with his overtime . |
| 5 | Visualise a senior executive switching on a notebook PC in a hotel room , plugging the modem into the telephone socket and then settling down to tap into information stored on any of the organisation 's computer systems , anywhere in the world , through a simple click-and-point action of the mouse . |
| 6 | After about 100,000 years or so , the needle of the compass would abruptly become unstable and then swing round to face in the opposite direction , so that what was once compass north would become compass south , and vice versa . |
| 7 | She may have discovered a nest of young rabbits , a delicacy indeed in her terms , had a very good meal and then gone off to sleep within the rabbit 's nest . |
| 8 | Pipkin , who looked round for Hazel and then came over to wait beside him . |
| 9 | I:58 ) ; and then went on to point to the difficulties faced by such statistical studies . |
| 10 | In a short series of talks entitled Let the Figures Speak , I meditated on the Three Gems , the Four Truths , the Five Great Precepts , the Eightfold Path , and then went on to deal with some of the statistics of Burmese life — birth figures , infant mortality , crime figures , etc . |
| 11 | Well , I remember Strawberry Alarm Clock , a bunch of psychedelic nutters from Santa Barbara , who had a massive hit with ‘ Incense and Peppermint ’ in 1967 and then went on to appear in the Psych-Out movie . |
| 12 | His show ‘ A One Night Stand with Sean Hughes ’ transferred for a sell-out run at the Palace Theatre and then went on to play to capacity crowds at the Duke of York 's Theatre in the West End . |
| 13 | He explained about the garden wall and then went on to speak of Ballater 's visit . |
| 14 | He ate a dish of cornflakes while wandering around the kitchen and then went out to look at the Triumph , still parked in front of the house . |
| 15 | I rang immediately for an ambulance , and then went back to stay with her . |
| 16 | She waited for a moment and then walked off to stand in a different part of the ship . |
| 17 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 18 | As a citizen she was concerned that all too often social workers got an idea in their minds that ritual abuse was taking place , and then set out to look for it , The after-effects , though , were critical , according to Helen Martini . |
| 19 | We need , therefore , to understand the relationship of gospel to culture in general terms , and then go on to examine in detail its engagement with the specific culture in which we are involved . |
| 20 | One major difference in the auction business between America and Britain is the amount of travelling that one does : in one week one may do an ‘ appraisal day ’ ( the equivalent of the British Antiques Road Show ) in Pennsylvania and then go on to look at a dinner service in Baltimore . |
| 21 | My father turned up the ring on the cooker under the soup-pan , looking beneath the lid into the warming mixture and then turning back to look at me . |
| 22 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
| 23 | He kicked open the doors to bedroom and kitchen , established that there was no one hiding behind them , and then raced across to kneel by Ray Doyle . |
| 24 | And then going on to say in doing that you 've got to be violent . |
| 25 | She pushed the drawer shut , and then turned back to look at him , her spine arching lightly against the cabinet , a subtle invitation in the pose . |
| 26 | Although work is pretty thin on the ground for the construction labourer , he plans to go on living in Pontypridd until the end of next season , and then decide where to stay in this country . |
| 27 | Nick stayed at Muirfield for a morning press conference next day and then flew down to play in a charity pro-am . |
| 28 | The blunt end of the club suddenly came up and pressed against his cheek , and then moved around to rest against his teeth . |
| 29 | Nick warmed up his caddie career from 1971 to 1974 carrying Archer 's bag , and then moved on to work for Australian Bruce Crampton until 1977 , when he moved on to another Australian , Graham Marsh . |
| 30 | The Land Rover pulled into the ambulance unloading bay at the hospital and then moved off to wait in the staff car park while Donaldson took Mrs Balanchine to the men 's ward . |