Example sentences of "then [vb base] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dip a cotton bud into cuticle-remover and go round each cuticle , then push back with a rubber-tipped hoofstick . |
| 2 | So take your time to learn the phrasing , start off slowly and then build gradually to the written tempo in each case . |
| 3 | Paul had reasons for the private emptying of his ; he was still treating himself with a solution of the doctor 's recommended potassium permanganate crystals , and had to make his exit quickly when Willie was out of the room , as that gregarious gentleman would have come with him on the same errand ; then hurry outside with the tell-tale purple contents , empty them , rinse the pot at the pump , and come back . |
| 4 | Luke shouted up to Anna that he would take Flora in , and then walk on to the sixth-form college . |
| 5 | In each test , one of them would don a mask painted with either normal-sized eyes or extra-large ones , and then walk directly towards a basking iguana . |
| 6 | then speak immediately to the New OED Computer group Manager . |
| 7 | then speak immediately to the New OED Computer Group Manager . |
| 8 | It is easy to mark around a dinner plate and then cut out with a sharp knife . |
| 9 | The first operation on the lathe is to mark the inside and outside diameters of the foot , then cut in to the correct depths , measured from the template , using a parting tool . |
| 10 | As the text of the gospels was dissected , there came indeed to appear layers or strata ; some bits looked earlier than others ; the documents were made up out of a weaving of stories and sayings circulating in the earliest Church and then put together by a single hand or more than one hand . |
| 11 | I was asked to clean down with blanket wash and then run over with a clean polishing rag . |
| 12 | At the agreed hour I reported to the Endoscopy Unit of the London Clinic , was shown into a small room , told to undress and put on a blue shift , then lie down on a mobile bed . |
| 13 | If you are in the south of the country over the weekend of the 23–25 May , then pop along to the English Riviera Centre in Torquay . |
| 14 | I want ( sort of ) Blackburn to catch Scum , with the pressure they may break ( as they have done previously ) and then drop back into the chasing pack . |
| 15 | If you 've only seen a De Lorean car in the Back to the Future films then drop in at the old plant in Dunmurry on Saturday afternoon ( 3.30 ) where the dream machine was produced . |
| 16 | A declaration of French hostility to the candidature was drawn up , which , on the next day , was approved by the full Council of Ministers , and was then read out in the Legislative Body . |
| 17 | So if you 're looking for something , bit of a pain having to wade through half a dozen pages , if you can go to the index and then jump directly to the relevant page , and then save you a bit of time . |
| 18 | Using a wash-down hose , rinse out the oven and then finish off to a fine sparkle with a quick wipe around . |
| 19 | ONCE there you can ride on the thrilling Tower of Terror roller coaster -rise one hundred giddy feet into the air then plunge headlong into the ruined castle where you 're sure to meet a fiendish surprise . |
| 20 | The Catalan nationalists want , in particular , to be able to collect their own taxes and then pass on to the central government a share based on the services it provides . |
| 21 | Happily , the warring parties then draw back from the unthinkable , negotiate a satisfactory peace and agree to serious talks on arms reduction . |
| 22 | As far as I know , there are only two still in existence : one , the U.505 , was captured by an American task force towards the end of the war , towed up the St Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago where a special cradle was built for it to cross the Lake Shore Drive and then set up in a little house of its own in the Museum of Science and Industry . |
| 23 | He then set out in a violent storm and heavy snow for Fort William , where he hoped to take the oath in the presence of the local commander of government troops . |
| 24 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 25 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 26 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 27 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 28 | He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were . |
| 29 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 30 | ( If you did not use application forms or receive c.v.s then refer also to the basic list of questions , p. 100 . ) |