Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extra hardcore is then rammed well down into the hole and the concrete replaced , using a mix of one part cement to two sand and three of 20mm gravel . |
| 2 | He may be placated , an acceptable tribute being pebbles doused in the blood of six young men , then placed high up in the branches of a tree so the mura-muras may reach them . |
| 3 | There was a thump as the lorry hit the bank , heeled over , and then bounced back on to the lane . |
| 4 | He stood for a while , watching the pyrotechnic chaos in the yard below , then moved slowly back into the banqueting hall . |
| 5 | The karateka then pivots halfway round on the ball of the left foot , while rotating the entire body forward . |
| 6 | In the 1970s and 1980s , left-wing guerrilla groups moved into the cities , trained teenagers in the use of weapons and were then pushed back in to the countryside by the army . |
| 7 | Wasting not a moment , Anabelle rolled some of the dogfood into a lumpy ball with her forefeet and then clambered back out of the dish . |
| 8 | You go up to the top , then ski back down to the bottom . |
| 9 | He wrapped this and the fat-soaked bread in sheets of clean newspaper taken from the bathroom , then climbed back on to the stool to see what else he could find . |
| 10 | Now you know anything about drains , I 've never been down them , but if you kno , if you know anything about them , it goes down about three , four foot , five foot sometimes , and then , there is a , the pipe , the there 's , there 's a ledge there , and then going on down into the , in into the main drains . |
| 11 | There was always that about him — the Welsh chieftain down from the hills on a raid to seize the bounty of the fat rich oppressor and then ride home back into the trackless labyrinths of his past . |
| 12 | For much of the distance between Pierrefitte and Luz you pass through the splendid defile of the Gorge de Luz , which then opens amply out into the brilliant , grassy basin of Luz , full of ash and poplar trees . |
| 13 | She pulled on a short silk nightdress — a rather extravagant Christmas present from one of her sisters — brushed her hair until the long dark strands gleamed , then walked slowly over to the window . |
| 14 | Julia stayed the rest of the day in bed , got up and bathed at six , dressed carefully in a green shirt and black jeans , and then walked slowly down to the town . |
| 15 | Tom hesitated for a moment and then walked hurriedly on to the small road back towards the artist 's shop . |
| 16 | If you want a view altogether grimmer and more inhuman than the one you have just relished in the easeful valley of Lescun , then drive on up to the top of the Col du Somport . |
| 17 | A powerful splash beside her told her Guy had dived in too , scything rapidly out towards the moored ketch then arcing back round to the shore in that stylish front crawl . |
| 18 | She controlled the horse with a length of twine and she had authority over the animal , which snorted then stepped proudly round to the gate . |
| 19 | The Warlord toppled backwards — slowly at first , then avalanching down on to the vitrodur surface . |
| 20 | As an afterthought , Ellwood emptied the priest 's pockets , then scrambled back on to the rock and pushed Carey 's belongings in between the boulders along with his own clothing . |
| 21 | She seemed to assess their position and then go quickly back to the carrion as if she was very hungry and sought to take as much of it as she could before the crows reached her . |
| 22 | I tugged my boots to running tension after checking my socks were straight and unruffled , then jogged slowly down to the line of hard sand between the seaweed tidelines . |
| 23 | Helen graduated in History at Somerville College , Oxford and then went straight on to the CPE and Finals Courses at the Lancaster Gate branch of the College of Law . |
| 24 | Spatz looked aside , then looked back up at the Marshal , choosing his words carefully . |
| 25 | C'zinsit bounced out of the saddle , touched the ground with his feet , then vaulted up on to the mare 's back again . |
| 26 | It fluttered for a moment and then folded right back against the fuselage , like a roosting bird . |
| 27 | When I went to find her , however , I discovered she had gone right to the top of the house to talk to Heathcliff through his locked bedroom door , and had then climbed out on to the roof and in through his window . |
| 28 | The continuous lines then come straight out from the pole and are pegged to the ground forming a triangle shape . |
| 29 | A shoe like a heavy old bullet thrown out of the shadows , and skilfully caught , off-balance and one-handed ; windmilling trousers trapped by the foot and then kicked up on to the leg ; that serpent necktie . |
| 30 | If you use brilliant white flowers , such as larkspur or some of the daisies , you must ensure that there are several light tones in the picture , otherwise one 's eye will automatically focus on the white flowers and only then fall back on to the rest of the picture . |