Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pike took off the peaked cap and tucked it inside his overall which he then zipped up tight to the neck . |
| 2 | Extra hardcore is then rammed well down into the hole and the concrete replaced , using a mix of one part cement to two sand and three of 20mm gravel . |
| 3 | And then drives home usually through the wall . |
| 4 | He may be placated , an acceptable tribute being pebbles doused in the blood of six young men , then placed high up in the branches of a tree so the mura-muras may reach them . |
| 5 | Return to the lying position , then repeat twice more to the same side . |
| 6 | There are those who believe that hitting a real " rock bottom " , losing absolutely everything and then struggling back solely with the aid of the Anonymous Fellowships , is the only true recovery . |
| 7 | I do , I shall take him round the garages and then back up here across the field , and then back home again . |
| 8 | She stopped her questioning , then got up heavily from the box and went into the kitchen . |
| 9 | Some of the larger birds , like the blackbirds and thrushes , often risk a little dive-bombing , in which they swoop down on the owl from a distance of about 30 feet , heading straight for it , and then swerve aside only at the very last moment , when they are no more than a foot away . |
| 10 | There was a thump as the lorry hit the bank , heeled over , and then bounced back on to the lane . |
| 11 | The path passes behind the youth hostel , and then drops down slightly towards the Forestry Commission information centre and turns left , following the green posts . |
| 12 | Ace thanked the woman and then moved restlessly across to the windows , drawn by the view . |
| 13 | The little , now indistinguishable dark patch , gave a jump and then moved slowly forward into the uncertain light . |
| 14 | He stood for a while , watching the pyrotechnic chaos in the yard below , then moved slowly back into the banqueting hall . |
| 15 | Back at the table I was in crepuscular mood for a few minutes , then bent once more to the task of diverting the wedding guests . |
| 16 | The karateka then pivots halfway round on the ball of the left foot , while rotating the entire body forward . |
| 17 | ‘ Entirely unnecessary , although for the sake of complete understanding you might like to know that this , ’ Lacuna turned abruptly to the blond girl , who recoiled , ducking her head , and then looking up meekly at the tall woman , ‘ is called Britta . ’ |
| 18 | So , when on 8 May Acheson announced that the US would send economic and military aid to the French in Indo-China ( for Gaddis Smith , the turning point — ‘ the scales had swayed for three months and then came down hard on the side of France ) the French position was at least potentially desperate and one can not help asking whether there were any countries receiving military aid under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program , other than Vietnam , in which there were such powerful revolutionary forces and where a revolutionary war was already in progress . |
| 19 | She slept a little — perhaps he did too — then woke once more to the warm arousal of his kiss , the murmur of his voice against her ear , summoning her to another feast of delight . |
| 20 | This reflects the fact that Soviet assessments of events in Latin America were then made almost wholly on the basis of information received from local Communist parties . |
| 21 | Using a small hammer the needles were then tapped through these holes and then cut off flush with the exterior of the pipe . |
| 22 | Applied Digital Data Systems , NCR 's terminals subsidiary , will be trading in its allegiance to Motorola Inc 68000 chips and switching to RISC with the Intel Corp 80960 for a new line of X stations it plans to introduce September 1 and then show off later in the month at Unix Expo . |
| 23 | By the end of the nineteenth century all of the western States save New Mexico had granted women 's suffrage , which then spread rapidly eastward through the northern States . |
| 24 | Sift the plain and self-raising flours and salt together onto a plate , then sift again directly into the creamed butter and sugar mixture . |
| 25 | In the 1970s and 1980s , left-wing guerrilla groups moved into the cities , trained teenagers in the use of weapons and were then pushed back in to the countryside by the army . |
| 26 | Wasting not a moment , Anabelle rolled some of the dogfood into a lumpy ball with her forefeet and then clambered back out of the dish . |
| 27 | Ride to Langholm in Eskdale this first night , then lie up there over the morrow . |
| 28 | You go up to the top , then ski back down to the bottom . |
| 29 | A flock of chattering sparrows came over the Cages , landed on the grass by the litter bin where Woil had taken stance , and then twittered off again over the tigers ' cages . |
| 30 | He spread out some fodder for them and then turned once again for the track to the moor-top . |