Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps she had seen others at the tree tops , for she clattered her talons violently on the top of her cage , crashed down on to its concrete floor , her wings smashing against the branch that projected across her cage , and then lunged forward at the door of her cage , driven by an impulse that spoke of a terrible longing to be free . |
| 2 | Then drinks here at the bar . |
| 3 | ‘ My Lady Maude will come to the tournament , ’ he said , then looking up at the friar , tapped the side of his fleshy nose . |
| 4 | But Gran accepted it , patting her hand and then looking round at the clock as if to remind herself life had to go on . |
| 5 | He hesitated for a moment as to what to do ; then looking again at the woman at the table , who was now smiling at him , he sat down in the chair , and for the next ten minutes he listened to the banter between the two of them . |
| 6 | To prevent putrefaction the soft organs were removed via an incision in the trunk , and then buried either at the place of death or separately with the body . |
| 7 | If you 've set your heart on some specific feature — say , white carpet — and find it 's not feasible or practical or that it 's too expensive , then look sensibly at the alternatives and find a less impossible compromise . |
| 8 | Tolonen gave a short laugh then glanced briefly at the Captain , before taking the clipboard back from his daughter and holding it open at the place she indicated . |
| 9 | ‘ We can talk tomorrow , ’ Barak replied then glanced lasciviously at the prostitute . |
| 10 | Wyn shook his head , then glanced round at the circle of villagers and the wailing old woman . |
| 11 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 12 | Peskova bowed , then glanced again at the albino . |
| 13 | She pulled the black cloth back over his shoulders , then breathed deeply at the catch of sweat , mixed with deodorant , that rose from his armpit . |
| 14 | Then the enormous effort that he had to make to move away from her , rolling heavily on to his back and then staring up at the sky . |
| 15 | Then go right at the back again do you reckon ? |
| 16 | Oh yes quite so and if they 're doing well they really , local people really get behind them , but they , they 've prom in previous seasons they they 've promised so much and then fell away at the end that people have got a bit disillusioned and discontented so that , but like last year when they were doing well in the cup they erm at Watford I mean loads of people went to see them . |
| 17 | The terminal voltage of a battery usually remains reasonably constant during its normal discharge period but then falls dramatically at the end of its working life . |
| 18 | Then turn right at the tarmac road and follow it to the main road and the car park . |
| 19 | Go right and then turn right at the junction with the A689 to Weardale , follow the road down the hill and take the path through the gateway on the left . |
| 20 | She let go of Adam 's arm and rose ; then looked up at the man who stood there . |
| 21 | She looked past the strolling holidaymakers at the gaily-painted shops along the front , then looked up at the hillside and , beyond it , the Wall , towering over all . |
| 22 | Tubby took one swallow and then looked up at the Colonel . |
| 23 | Karl looked across the street to where , among the cargo boats , the French and British Embassies hung out their flags , then looked again at the battleship . |
| 24 | He picked up a mirror and looked at his own face , and then looked again at the face in the portrait . |
| 25 | She paused , then looked searchingly at the hersdman . |
| 26 | ‘ If you do n't keep in that fall , I 'm stopping your sweets , ’ he said , and then looked down at the mass of Arthur on the ground . |
| 27 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
| 28 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 29 | Tolonen sniffed , then looked back at the squad leader . |
| 30 | The two men laughed quietly , then looked back at the statue . |