Example sentences of "then [vb pp] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 2 | She wrenched open the door behind her , ran through it , slammed it shut behind her , then dashed out of the house . |
| 3 | Whatever the mitigating circumstances — the heat , effects of jetlag and an injury to Mark Appleson — Scotland did not make a very good fist of it on Saturday when they lost their pool match to Western Samoa and were then tumbled out of the plate 38-5 by New Zealand . |
| 4 | Agnes pushed Jessie towards the basin , hissing , ‘ Stay there ! ’ then hurried out of the room to meet her mother in the corridor , the while calling , ‘ I 'm coming . |
| 5 | The rough had ended the hopes of many an illustrious name : defending champion Sandy Lyle , Tom Watson , who , like Ballesteros had complained about the narrow fairways and deep dune grass fringing them , and Craig Stadler , who shot an 82 and then pulled out of the tournament with a sprained wrist . |
| 6 | They were then smuggled out of the building in a police decoy operation , being driven away in unmarked cars with blankets over their heads . |
| 7 | They were then cast out of the Garden — ’ |
| 8 | We were kicked and shouted at and then thrown out of the vehicle . |
| 9 | We were then oriented out of the door . |
| 10 | He had missed the semi-final against the land of his birth , South Africa , with a pinched nerve in his back , and was then left out of the final against Pakistan . |