Example sentences of "and then [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He would make me look at pictures and then reproduce them with coloured pencils , or else ask me to rotate a figure mentally a certain number of degrees around a given perpendicular before attempting to redraw it . |
| 2 | That was all part of the job — dig the dirt and then turn it into pure gold . |
| 3 | The patient might tell you what if , if the casualty was still able to talk , they might be able to give you the history of how they became like they were , received a blow , got kicked , fell onto something hard , okay and so on and so on , they might be able to tell you themselves , give some indication , right , you would remove and loosen off all tight clothing , okay , loosen off the clothing for them and then treat them for shock and then refer them to urgent medical attention , nil by mouth on any account , okay ? |
| 4 | Yorkshireman George Duffield , whose previous St Leger ride was on a pacemaker 12 years ago , said : ‘ She just quickened up alongside them , and then left them for dead . ’ |
| 5 | We write it out in longhand , each of the 700 or so entries on individual sheets of A4 paper and then put them into alphabetical order . ’ |
| 6 | But why should speakers or writers actually plan to say something in one way and then put it in other words in order to ensure the intended interpretation ? |
| 7 | Oh I just boiled the ends a bit and erm and then put it in deep water . |
| 8 | the school was able to save money on non-educational things like waste collection , and then use it for educational items ; and |
| 9 | The program puts up words one at a time , in transcription , and the user 's task is to read the word and then input it in normal spelling . |
| 10 | My research , if I can call it that , has involved ( over the same period ) a cyclical process of listening to teachers , tidying up what I think I 've heard into some more-or-less coherent story , and then telling it to other teachers to see if it makes sense to them , and captures in an interesting , plausible and fruitful way something significant of their experience . |
| 11 | In our one-day workshop , stencil expert Helen Morris , who runs a successful stencil loan service and shop , will teach you how to cut stencils and then apply them to various materials such as walls , fabrics and furniture , using stencil paint , spray paint and crayons . |
| 12 | They sprayed the subjects with cold water when they were undoubtedly in REM sleep , and then woke them after varying intervals of a few minutes . |
| 13 | The first person in each team places it on their nose and then passes it to other members of the team without using their hands . |
| 14 | Even more remarkably , they do not digest the nematocysts along with the rest of the sea anemone , but collect them in their stomachs and then pass them along narrow channels lined by motile hairs which move the contents of the channel in one direction only , and which lead from the stomach to tiny pouches situated near the periphery of the papillae . |
| 15 | It is wiser to undertake this systematically by booking out copies of the originals from LIFESPAN and then reconstituting them into new modules as required . |
| 16 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 17 | He is not a neutral observer who first learns to define Truth and then applies it to different aspects of life . |
| 18 | He bombards male insects with radioactive particles to sterilise them and then releases them in huge numbers , so condemning generations of females to infertility . |
| 19 | For example , you can form a curve in a stalk by positioning it in the required shape and then securing it with tiny pieces of tape for the first couple of days of pressing . |
| 20 | I chose my favourite poem in the book and wrote one verse on the accompanying card , and then decorated it with pressed flowers to match the bookmark . |
| 21 | Streat congratulated MacArthur on his ‘ momentous ’ achievements and then warned him against encouraging Japanese competition to the point where strong antagonism was aroused in western and eastern countries . |
| 22 | To overcome this waste , I sow several hundred extra brassicas in the greenhouse in March ( cabbage , red cabbage , brussels sprouts , cauliflower , and broccoli ) , bed them out at four-inch spacing in the vegetable garden in early May and then transplant them at two-foot intervals into the headlands after horse-hoeing in June . |
| 23 | Will the Minister release MOD votes to allow local authorities , in collaboration with the MOD , to bring empty housing owned by the local authorities and the MOD up to acceptable standards and then transfer it to local authority control for the express purpose of providing homes to ex-service personnel ? |
| 24 | Think about these points in the story and then discuss them with other people . |
| 25 | When you make these dishes , or other obviously easily freezable recipes which you particularly like , it is a good idea to cook several portions at one time and then divide them into individual portions and store them in the freezer in bags . |
| 26 | It uses optical scanning to store information on computer and then networks it to scattered staff who index , abstract and compile the material for an on-line database in Amsterdam . |
| 27 | To produce their charcoal , Ray and Alan cut the wood , load the kiln , empty it into sacks after the burn and then re-bag it for retail sale . |