Example sentences of "then [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caroline tugged at the thin straps that held the red silk up over the generous curve of her breasts , then smoothed down the skirt as if her touch might somehow magically make it extend beyond her thighs . |
| 2 | Dawn ( 4.8 ) made a symmetrical pattern of squares with pegs , then filled in the rest of the board , working across and down , always putting in a peg next to one already there but the colours were haphazard . |
| 3 | Early visitors to Madeira and Porto Santo were rowed to the beach when the sea was calm and were then carried on the backs of boatmen who rolled up their trousers and waded ashore . |
| 4 | His remains were then hung on a gibbet as a warning to others . |
| 5 | Then built up a lead of fifty metres . |
| 6 | The man dressed , put on his shoes , stood up , and then bounded up the bank into the field , followed by the dog . |
| 7 | My partner then called out a number of articles and asked if they were the chosen one . |
| 8 | Maurice Pocock , Head of the School of Business and Social Studies at Ealing College of Technology , who had by then taken over the chair of the Board from W.F. Crick ( ‘ who kind of invented the business studies degree ’ ) , was very concerned that ‘ the degrees should be for business and not about business , that they should be integrated , that the sandwich placement should be fully worked out … ’ |
| 9 | We are then taken on a tour of the factory while waiting for lunch . |
| 10 | A vote was then taken on the resolution with 's addition and as amended by QC with the following result : in favour 29 ; against 50 . |
| 11 | Suddenly , he stood upright , held out his hands like paws , then bunched up the tails of his huge brown coat in front of his stomach to convey an impression of the kangaroo 's pouch , and began to bounce about the room . |