Example sentences of "and then [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would stay for just an hour or so and then gather up the equipment and disappear . |
| 2 | When all construction has been completed in accordance with the diagrams , check all interwiring etc. carefully , set the rotary switch to ‘ 2 Minutes ’ and then power up the unit . |
| 3 | She hurriedly rubbed herself dry , and then put on the dress Bryce had taken from the wardrobe . |
| 4 | Breeze read this through three times , and then put out the light . |
| 5 | I just want to take and then blow up the tower . |
| 6 | This chapter illustrates some attractors : these static illustrations are a poor substitute for watching the trajectories approach and then wind around the attractor , and for following the sequence of bifurcations ( changes in type of attractor ) as a parameter is changed . |
| 7 | To copy these onto your artwork , draw the outline of the area in tape or dry transfer lines , and then fill in the middle with either wide dry transfer lines cut to size or use two coats of matt black enamel paint applied with a fine brush , and allow to dry . |
| 8 | Vincent would enter houses and tell exhausted women to go and rest , and then take over the family wash . |
| 9 | The correct way to shut the machine down is to type EXIT to return to Windows , quit Windows and then switch off the machine . |
| 10 | By limited liability the state is encouraging management to use shareholder funds in more risky ventures than they would otherwise undertake , and then pass on the liability at a time for forced liquidation , to third parties . |
| 11 | Alternatively , you can start a discussion by asking someone just beyond the offender to speak first and then go round the meeting leaving him until last . |
| 12 | Spoon into the prepared baking dish , season with the nutmeg and then sprinkle over the Parmesan . |
| 13 | Now for a bee to know the location of a barren car park which had certainly not been on their list of flower sites , it seems most reasonable to suppose that they were able to ‘ place ’ it on some sort of internal map and then work out the direction home . |
| 14 | ‘ The job required us to cast the parts to near finished size , precision-machine them and then clear up the waste , ’ said section manager Dr Brian Hudson . |
| 15 | That was his Sunday ritual : over to Harry 's for cards as soon as lunch was eaten , and back at exactly a quarter after six , to read the Sunday papers and then sleep off the drink . |
| 16 | The only thing is I think I 'd rather try and er find out now we know it 's Fancy Goods and look it up in Thompson 's local and then find out the address and then we 'll find our own way down there . |