Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and then a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bruise was a dull , greenish sickle of shadow just under the cheek-bone and then a comma of purple on the side of the nose , as if Culley had been wearing ill-fitting glasses . |
| 2 | As they lay on the floor , he went at Pascoe with knees and elbows , everything uncoordinated , getting a blow in to the cheekbone and then a knee close enough to the groin to make Pascoe panic . |
| 3 | The handbook will include an introduction to the broad economic and administrative history of the period and then a summary of the contents of specific classes of records , in particular those of the Cabinet Office , HM Treasury and the Board of Trade . |
| 4 | Ruth heard music in the distance and then a boat came into view , moving eerily across the limpid waters . |
| 5 | Mr Morris , 45 , who has served for 10 years at TV-am 's Camden Lock headquarters , says : ‘ I 'm going to have a lie-in in the morning and then a holiday for a couple of weeks somewhere sunny . ’ |
| 6 | She would have to find an envelope and buy a stamp ( where was the post office ? ) and post the letter and then a day would pass and then Mrs Rundle would take out her spectacles to read the letter in some new kitchen , with a refrigerator and a stove with automatic oven-control and an eye-level grill and gleaming plastic working surfaces and an electric blender and an electric coffee-mill , probably . |
| 7 | You know the form : lots of booze on arrival , a tour of the factory and then a buffet lunch with lots more booze , and plugs for Supersight products should duly appear in the trade magazines and maybe some of the newspapers . |
| 8 | And I had my name down for Sue Ryder 's and the Legion and then a vacancy fell due here |
| 9 | In the silence of the country evening , the report had a double impact , the crack and then a bang . |
| 10 | Rudd added the goal and then a penalty . |