Example sentences of "and then [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Alexandra climbed carefully up the first side and then leaped from the top on to the grass below .
2 An average ant colony might use around 12 different types of signal , most of them conveyed by means of chemical ‘ pheromones ’ secreted on to the ground by various glands and then sniffed in the air by other ants .
3 He winced at the memory as he hammered on the steel and then looked through the spy port .
4 She waited quietly , and then looked down the road .
5 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 .
6 The typewriter made a clicking sound and then ran towards the space station .
7 Adams stated that whilst he and Moore were at supper he saw an unusual light in the direction of the Body Shop but , instead of going to see what it was and turning on the water from the hydrants to endeavour to arrest the progress of the flames , he caused the alarm bell to be rung and then ran to the gate to admit the Fire Brigade .
8 The spell was broken , the pool was rippled from its serenity by the way he snapped instructions to her and then ran to the Administration block .
9 The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle .
10 She fixed her bike among some bushes where it would n't be seen from the lane , and then ran along the grass-verge to the gap in the trees where the path began .
11 With a disbelieving shrug , he walked round to release the bonnet , and then glanced into the engine .
12 Zen slowly mounted the steps , and then paused on the threshold .
13 The Anti-Rex climbed over the roof parapet of the Butcher Building and then proceeded down the wall , fly fashion .
14 The tip of his cigarette glowed on the other side of the glass and then vanished into the darkness of the room behind .
15 She gave a tiny smile , brave but near tears , and then vanished from the screen .
16 NEW ZEALAND , whose tour of Sri Lanka was delayed by nearly a week and then rescheduled after a bomb blast near their hotel , yesterday lost their opening game by 17 runs in Matara .
17 I shouted louder , and then listened for an answer .
18 The plaintiffs also appealed against the decision of taxing master right , er and then appealed on the basis that er there should be no disallowance for any interest at all .
19 Graham watched in horror as Iain slid down a rocky buttress , and then waited on a ledge for 12 hours until rescued by the RAF .
20 After blocking free protein binding sites with 0.5% Tween 20 ( Sigma ) for 2 hours , the filter was incubated with patient 's sera ( diluted 1:10 in TBS with 0.5% Tween 20 ) for 30 minutes , washed in 0.5% Tween in TBS , and then incubated with the rabbit anti-human immunoglobulin conjugated with alkaline phosphatase for a further 30 minutes .
21 I had a drink with the lads and then slept for a week — thinking about 4-irons and 5-irons !
22 Two dogs came in to share her solitude , absurd , dignified little Pekinese who regarded her gravely with their blue-brown eyes like marbles and then lay before the fire and ignored her .
23 The poles slid glistening in and out of the water as the craft approached and then beached with a bump .
24 He waved his arms about a fair bit and then disappeared to the back of the shop to be joined by , I presume , his wife for moral support .
25 Besides those who waited to journey together there were others who came up out of the forest alone and who seemed to belong there , men licensed by the Lord Warden to carry on their trade in certain parts of the forest , woodmen , trappers , charcoal burners , for the most part a silent surly sort of men who emerged from the forest , went briefly about their business , had little to say for themselves , and then disappeared into the solitude again .
26 She watched her mother get into the car , but she remained standing by the open door until Lizzie had turned the car and then disappeared down the drive .
27 I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust .
28 And then disappeared in the ether . ’
29 I drove away slowly and then came to the corner of Union and Gloucester .
30 She sat quietly , however , until the music found its way into calmer waters and then came to an end .
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