Example sentences of "then [vb base] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Then Miguel himself came round the corner of the villa , dressed in a white open-necked shirt and dark fitted trousers .
2 You 've to pick it up and then make yourself known to the check-in supervisor .
3 If your Dream is to own your own business , then picture yourself playing with a toy sweetshop at the age of seven , or deciding not to be wage-slaves like your parents , or managing the household budget as an adult . )
4 One can not train students and then let them fall off the end of the course into a professional abyss .
5 She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein .
6 So Harrison had lost the first fall unfairly : in the second he had twisted his man feet up and then let him crash to the ground .
7 Then let me arrange for the two of you to meet . ’
8 Standing up , he whirled the triple-pronged metal three times to gain momentum , then let it go on the third upswing .
9 Take in breath quickly through the mouth and then let it escape in an even hiss .
10 He lifted her arm again and then let it fall onto the sheet .
11 Relax deeply , then imagine yourself walking through a forest , feeling your feet on the ground , hearing the birds , smelling the flowers and trees .
12 The real mother seems more than happy to feed the pups , then allow them to nest under the bantam .
13 A man may show an interest in a woman , simply wanting to try out his style , and then find himself ensnared by the admiration and attention she beams at him .
14 Characters who make it to the top of the hill see a brilliant flash of sunlight , experience momentarily the scent of a summer day abundant with wild flowers and the taste of sweet wine and nectar- and then find themselves standing in a corridor , with their backs to the west wall , opposite the door to the scribe 's room ( location 59 ) .
15 In his Championship-winning days , Smith would be without goals for four or five games then find them flowing in the next five or so .
16 When we then find ourselves confronted by the weary who need sustaining , both in personal conversation and in public worship alike , we have this reservoir to draw on .
17 Would she , Celia , then find herself relegated to the nursery ?
18 Then ask him to come to the phone . ’
19 Mark on parallel lines with the pastry wheel and then use it to wrap round the sides of the cake .
20 Okay so wh why then do we go from the May the fourth erm directive into this specific idea of , of egalitarianism ?
21 Not only then do they come from a professional sub-culture which permits and often encourages a range of physical contact ( quite apart from the obvious sporting activity , PE departments in schools often administer their own disciplinary code ) but they also have the physical self-confidence to undertake the risks that are present in these encounters .
22 What then do I do with a capable but unproductive pupil ?
23 Then mind you stick near the door , ’ said Constance , ‘ and if anything starts , you get out quick . ’
24 Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years .
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