Example sentences of "then [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Nicholas Clee , from the bookseller J Whitaker and Sons in London , any writer planning to embark on such a book would be advised to create a family living in rural bliss with a gaggle of children then land them in a crisis , preferably involving the central character in an affair with an older/younger man/woman . |
| 2 | This means you get the debt guaranteed by a bank in the buyer 's country , then sell it at a discount to another bank . |
| 3 | Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year . |
| 4 | He could borrow enough to buy an asset in the cash market , hold on to it for T years ( earning any income but bearing any carrying costs including interest on borrowed funds involved ) , and then sell it in the cash market and also repay the loan with interest . |
| 5 | When children are encouraged to thread beads on a lace to match a particular pattern and then repeat it to the end of the lace , there is development of the idea of sequence . |
| 6 | To serve , ease the mousse away from the edges of the mould , then invert it onto a serving plate and shake firmly to release the mousse . |
| 7 | Pull your hand down and move the carriage further if necessary to release the weaving yarn , then lay it across the needles from the other side ready for the next row . |
| 8 | " Scald a sufficient quantity of fruit , and pulp it through a sieve , add sugar agreeable to taste , make a thick layer of this at the bottom of your dish : mix a pint of milk , a pint of cream , and the yolks of two eggs : scald it over the fire , observing to stir it : add a small quantity of sugar , and let it get cold : then lay it over the apples or gooseberries with a spoon , and put on the whole a whip [ a syllabub ] made the day before . |
| 9 | Memorize and then say them in the way that moves you emotionally , noticing the sound ( or memory of sound ) , the appearance and the sensation as you say them aloud . |
| 10 | Then , by periodically removing the inverted bottles from their positions , she would shake them , then replace them in the holes . |
| 11 | Get an overhaul kit for your old pump then replace it in the vehicle . |
| 12 | The thesis contains a mixture of research in the laboratory and on the road in an attempt to first observe phenomena in actual driving , then explore them in a laboratory setting , before finally returning to actual driving to attempt to validate the laboratory results . |
| 13 | Dip the cobbles in water , then press them into the mortar . |
| 14 | Take the coin and wet it with water , and then press it against the victim 's head for a short time ‘ to get it to stick ’ . |
| 15 | Cut two white holes in it , then send them in the bank , it 'll be chocolate ! |
| 16 | The retinal nerve cells process some of the information and then send it through the optic nerve to the brain . |
| 17 | When you 've done that , open the saloon deck hatch and put the sweaters on hangers , then hook them over the coaming . |
| 18 | Shake the cannellini beans dry , then place them in a bowl . |
| 19 | Cool this slightly and then place it into the shells and chill until set . |
| 20 | You then place it in the neck of a balloon and blow it up and tie it with the piece of paper inside . |
| 21 | Tell them what you 're going to tell them before you tell them , and then summarise it at the end and tell them what you told them . |
| 22 | In Benny 's house , where she was considered a very pampered only child , she had to borrow the kitchen radio and then perch it on a chair because there was n't any socket near enough to her bed to plug it in . |
| 23 | He would knock you out when you went to the house , kill Barak , then dump you in an alley near the Cola Roundabout in western Beirut . |
| 24 | She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door . |
| 25 | First , you sterilise the water with one of the purification tablets supplied , then filter it through a carbon filter to produce drinkable water for tea , coffee , cold drinks or just for cleaning your teeth . |
| 26 | We simply ask a few questions about your income and the level of deposit you have available and then issue you with a certificate which : — tells you how much we are able to lend you . |
| 27 | Exercise 1 : Try playing the children 's party game where you spend two minutes looking at an assortment of small items on a tray , then cover them with a cloth and see how many of them you can write down . |
| 28 | Let the egg dry and then cover it with a layer of varnish to make sure all the edges stay firmly stuck down . |
| 29 | If we need people with financial experience and managerial experience , then appoint them to the local to the Police Committee , given them a job to do , they 're the ones that are should advise the Chief Constable and the Police Committee as to whether they 're spending the right of money on computers and are using it properly , not whether they 're using them operationally correctly . |
| 30 | It requires deep-frying but , if you 're worried about the high fat content , quickly brown the strips of fish in a little shallow oil fist , then bake them in the oven at 180C/350F/Gas 4 for 10–15 minutes , and you 'll find they cook quite crisply with less fat . |