Example sentences of "then [vb past] it [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In ways more amenable to women 's visual pleasure , off-beat films which then made it into the mainstream distribution circuit such as Lianna ( Nelson/Renzi ) , Desert Hearts , I 've Heard the Mermaids Singing ( Rozema ) and Percy Adlon 's work with Marianne Sagebrecht in Baghdad Café and Sugar Baby have achieved a degree of success in changing the dynamics of female objectification and sexual fantasy in an entertainment setting . |
| 2 | In other words , they created a self-image and then sold it to the greater powers of western Europe ; and whatever their reaction , be it incredulous , admiring or contemptuous , these powers now found it impossible to ignore the Scots ' insistent demands that they should be noticed . |
| 3 | I then sold it to the genuine buyer , paid you back … ’ |
| 4 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 5 | Making a hole in the top of a roll they poured in whiskey until it was well soaked , then threw it to the screaming gulls , who swooped upon it in their dozens . |
| 6 | He pulled the horse round to face eastwards , then spurred it into the tall field of rye . |