Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps she had seen others at the tree tops , for she clattered her talons violently on the top of her cage , crashed down on to its concrete floor , her wings smashing against the branch that projected across her cage , and then lunged forward at the door of her cage , driven by an impulse that spoke of a terrible longing to be free . |
| 2 | He clicked his fingers for Nosey to follow him , then rode northwards in the dusk . |
| 3 | Media Production The contents of the files produced by the HARDCOPY FORMATTER must be transcribed onto the desired hard copy media , then checked visually by the user to ensure that a good copy has been produced . |
| 4 | He seemed agitated , restlessly pacing about , looking out into the crowds , then drawing back into the shelter of the arcade . |
| 5 | ‘ Desperately , desperately ill ! ’ she said , over her shoulder , then swooped down to the dishwasher , picked up a handful of plates , and marched off towards a cupboard . |
| 6 | It sniffed the air then made straight for the drum . |
| 7 | In the first the message is received in full and is then given out to the person ; in the second the message is received and is simultaneously translated into the second language . |
| 8 | Harry rolled the two bodies over the gunwale into the sea , then stabbed twice through the bottom of the boat to sink it . |
| 9 | They were saying about they keep asking her because she could be like page three models in the newspaper , she was like very even this really and then she just said I keep on going toilet and she 'd , she 'd then puke up in the toilet and she 'd come back and there were all these bite marks so her parents could see when she was doing it . |
| 10 | The genealogist who has traced his family tree as far back as is possible through the use of the civil registration records kept at St Catherine 's House , London , and local registry offices then turns naturally to the baptism , marriage and burial registers of the Church of England for the preceding generations . |
| 11 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 12 | Case loads of course built up gradually as the samples were generated , and then tailed off after the recruitment year ended . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Once the invariant set is attracting , there is the possibility that the unstable manifold of the origin , which first strikes the return plane at R or L and which then wanders chaotically around the strange attractor forever , may eventually strike AD and then tend back towards the origin . |
| 15 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 16 | If RC remains steady within 2–3° of its 0° plus/minus drift position , then track straight to the station is being maintained and your estimated drift allowance is correct . |
| 17 | I cleaned my arse quickly and pulled my trousers up , pulling the chain , too , and then waddling out into the corridor , zipping up . |
| 18 | The bullet ricocheted off a stone in the road and then passed exactly through the centre of the rear seat . |
| 19 | When the slaves saw Burun they hissed and bowed , then passed silently through the door to the antechamber . |
| 20 | He then passed quickly through the crowd , eyes studiously on the ground , black gown folded round him like a rook 's wings . |
| 21 | There is the metal-ring type muzzle , which is screwed into place via a pin passed across the inside of a ferret 's mouth behind its big teeth and then threaded back into the ring . |
| 22 | To disappear without so much as a phone call or a postcard for three years and then breeze back down the path from the town and across the bridge-rubber handlebars just clearing the sides and no more — carrying somebody else 's baby or babies and expecting to be housed , fed , nursed and delivered by my father was a little presumptuous . |
| 23 | Sir Charles and Lady Dobson lived on Pacific Drive , a road that wound its way through the canyons , then doubled back towards the ocean to link , eventually , with the South Coast Expressway . |
| 24 | As soon as the bell goes for the start of school we go to our tutor group rooms to drop off our bags and coats and then make straight for the hall . |
| 25 | The track then goes up through the forest to the crest of the hill . |
| 26 | It then goes on to the Shoulder of Mutton Hill , noted for its flower rich grassland . |
| 27 | It then goes on to the village of Colton and the Trent Valley . |
| 28 | Possibly well no , cos they , because it then goes on to the rain in heaven , I was going to say , maybe send the rain |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The second session begins with a few limbering-up exercises and then goes immediately to the selection . |