Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cantered back and forth on the gravel beach , then rode off through a corn field . |
| 2 | However it was then pointed out by a biologist that tiny movements by the plant could explain these variations . |
| 3 | Occasionally a series starts this way , then veers off on a tangent to do with steering wheel size or some other imponderable . |
| 4 | Hook a triple transfer tool in three needles at left of centre , pull the needles to E position then push back to A position — once the stitches are on the transfer tool , it is safe to lift them out of the needles . |
| 5 | Then got up for a pee . |
| 6 | The coaching committee in fact , had originally settled for four boxers but then included a fifth and Crowley then got in as a result of tremendous pressure from the body of the floor . |
| 7 | Under a local anaesthetic , a whisk-like device will be passed down a fine tube into the gall bladder and rotated at 30,000 revolutions a minute , mincing the gallstones to a paste which is then sucked out through a tube . |
| 8 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |
| 9 | The flashing light is then picked up by a sensor at the distant end and the information converted first into a corresponding electrical pattern then into sound using an earpiece or loudspeaker . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she cried , beginning to gesticulate as she did when excited and then to square up like a boxer . |
| 11 | The order was then carried out by a seaman , and an seven survivors were killed . |
| 12 | The element is first placed on the stripping machine where the contaminated cladding is cut away , then dropped on to a conveyor belt to be stored under water in concrete storage silos . |
| 13 | These materials then flatten out as a disc surrounding the young star — to ultimately condense into planets . |
| 14 | He 'd shaken up Evans , first bawling him out then ending up with a show of confidence in him with the Havana . |
| 15 | They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations |
| 16 | 2 men were seen walking away and then driving off with a woman and possibly another man . |
| 17 | I was a European top salesman with er that company and then moved on as a franchise . |
| 18 | He talked about the murder victim sprawled across the pavement , and then wandered off into a conversation about a comedian called Ken Dodd . |
| 19 | Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw . |
| 20 | ‘ My mother will probably have a very genteel fit of hysteria , and my father will mutter something about it being a ‘ damn shame ’ and your not being ‘ the right kind of girl ’ , and then stomp off for a game of golf . |
| 21 | STUART then came up with a solution . |
| 22 | We then came up against a stop , and as I said a moment ago , our choice was between that budget , as negotiated , and the Labour budget , and I 've just shown you one hole in that budget . |
| 23 | Oxfordshire have had the toughest task of all against the championship leaders Glamorgan at swansea … they got some early wickets but then came up against a chap called Richards … |
| 24 | Too early to know , say officials , and anyway that question really has a different target : it was the press and Wall Street that got euphoric in the early days of war , and then came down with a bump , not the administration . |
| 25 | So often the preacher has an idea that he feels strongly about , and he then casts around for a scripture that seems to fit his message . |
| 26 | Being Ireland , they ended up by eating three teas , then roared out to a singing pub in Howth , then went for a major curry before returning for a ‘ little party ’ in a student house . |
| 27 | Based on the seven days of creation there are seven days to a week and the Hebrew calendar is then made up of a cycle of seven years ( each seventh year being the Sabbatical year ) and seven cycles of seven years ( with each fiftieth year being a year of Jubilee ) . |
| 28 | In a direct boiler system , the copper hot water cylinder ( or , in older installations , galvanised hot water tank ) is supplied with water from the cold water storage cistern ; the water then passes down to a heating boiler , back boiler ( behind a fire ) or gas circulator to be heated before returning to the hot water cylinder . |
| 29 | It had a plain smooth bodice to the hips , then flared out in a lot of little points , like petals . |
| 30 | He drove on through and then turned around in a gateway and cruised back more slowly . |