Example sentences of "then [verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But you can see if this lot gets converted to carbonate and then that water then gets mixed down to the deep water , it will be replaced at the surface with water which has a low carbonate concentration which will suck more C O two out of the atmosphere .
2 It would start out trying to reach us , but then get pulled on to the floor . ’
3 What they , yes , what they done , they used to have a large long pull with a hook on and attached to a rope and as the ship was coming up to the river , they would throw this here pole on to a ship with a hook and then pay the rope out and then get towed up to the quay , the ship would n't stop for them to pick them up , pick that boat
4 Could you then have got out of the black hole with the remaining extra stage ? ’
5 The worst possible thing for me would have been to have gone through the half in 63 or 64 minutes , just being pulled along by a fast field , and then to have blown up over the second half . ’
6 How she would have loved to have permitted herself that gesture , then to have stalked out of the room and slammed the door .
7 It had seemed to slow down briefly after the impact , as if the driver was considering whether to stop or not , and then had accelerated off into the night .
8 " It 's that boy , Timothy Gedge , " Lavinia had said , and then had called out to the twins , who were clamouring for her upstairs somewhere .
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