Example sentences of "then [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Flupper showed us the deadly thorn bushes that wrap round their prey like octopuses : and then whooshed us off at savage speeds — sometimes so fast he aquaplaned over the water . |
| 2 | ‘ Then bring them down to Central Gardens , where we hope to have the biggest can collection ever seen in the region or perhaps the country . ’ |
| 3 | According to Odent , fathers not only groan with a miscellany of aches and pains before , during and after the birth of a child , but also put on weight beforehand , then top it off with post-natal depression . |
| 4 | Cork tiles are made by compressing the bark of the cork tree into a block , and then slicing it up into thin layers . |
| 5 | He took big lungfuls of air and then let them out in great racking sobs that shook his whole body . |
| 6 | Victor sucks in a Hooverful of cigar smoke , then strains it out through tight lips . |
| 7 | Someone buys a house , gets a mortgage and then rents it out to poor gits like them . |
| 8 | Put a layer of pebbles in a plant pot and then fill it up with healthy damp soil . |
| 9 | They build idealised models but then carry them over into real usage as though they really existed , forgetting that they had initially involved ‘ bracketing ’ certain assumptions . |
| 10 | A record-player shuffled a few simple chords violently together , then dealt them out with heavy emphasis . |