Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sniffed the air then made straight for the drum . |
| 2 | Pulling off the silky dress with trembling hands , then the slips of white lace which did service as bra and pants , she angrily kicked off the low-heeled white sandals , raked her long blonde hair out of its French plait , and then plunged gratefully for the privacy of the small en-suite bathroom , standing beneath the shower for a long , soothing soak before she climbed into bed in the baggy jade T-shirt which she wore as a nightshirt . |
| 3 | As soon as the bell goes for the start of school we go to our tutor group rooms to drop off our bags and coats and then make straight for the hall . |
| 4 | During aerobic walking your heart and breathing rates increase , level out , then remain there for the duration of the exercise . |
| 5 | He would stride ahead to the next junction of corridors , twirling his umbrella , and then wait impatiently for the others to catch up . |
| 6 | Pray for an opportunity to speak to them ( and then look out for the opportunity during the week ) . |
| 7 | Rudakov drummed his fingers on the table to count out five slow seconds , then called quietly for the prisoner to be brought into his presence . |
| 8 | Fitzgerald then served out for the set to turn the match into a real struggle , or so we thought , but Grabb and McEnroe stepped up a gear midway through the fourth set to take control . |
| 9 | He probably worked on all his victims this way — softening them up , earning their trust and then moving in for the kill . |
| 10 | Ministers should draw up a budget and then pack up for the year . |
| 11 | And when three men turned back just below camp 4 because of bad weather Harry Taylor climbed on … and then set out for the summit on his own . |
| 12 | I nip down to Engineering and borrow a remote ( must keep tabs on things in London ) , then set off for the circus . |
| 13 | We ate a hearty breakfast and then set off for the moor . |
| 14 | He played only once in that series but was then brought back for the rubber in India and made a big impact , so that when he had Steele 's wicket at Headingley he chalked up his hundredth Test wicket in the record time of two years 144 days . |
| 15 | She pushed at the curl , then reached down for the shoulder-bag that lay at her feet and dug out an ebony hair pick . |
| 16 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 17 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 18 | Sympathetic murmurs greet this delicate reference to her own spinsterhood , and the hunters then move in for the kill . |
| 19 | He then stood up for the sentence , his hands on the dock rail . |