Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means discussing the position , the work involved , the skills required , the type of personality who will fit in , with all the people who will expect to benefit from the new employee and then drawing up a written job description . |
| 2 | The most difficult part of the exercise , apart from handling the sheer volume of data that was being produced , was deciding what was meant by ‘ monitor and control ’ for each system element , and then drawing out the related information . |
| 3 | Hold the piston with a wrench and use another to unscrew the washer cover , then prise out the old washer and fit a replacement . |
| 4 | His grandfather had explained that the only true way to bake bread was to burn it black and then rasp off the burnt extremities with a coarse file . |
| 5 | The aim of the game is to gas as many Jews as possible and then sell off the residual gold teeth . |
| 6 | Then bring up every 20th needle on the ribber to working position . |
| 7 | round that square then back up the other way betwe up through the factories |
| 8 | He watched her drape a folded sheet and towel over one arm , then pick up a covered tea-tray and step from the bright kitchen to the gloomy corridor . |
| 9 | They land in a field among crop circles ( they bought crop circle footage off National Geographic , and when they watched it the only car you could see in it was — synchronicity ! — a red station wagon … ) and then pick up a hitch-hiking alien . |
| 10 | And we used to do thirty-six holes a day ; caddie for one player in the morning and then pick up a fresh bag for the afternoon . |
| 11 | She threw the words at him , then sucked in a shuddering breath , dashing a hand across her wet cheeks . |
| 12 | Everyone else went ahead on the basis of the animal data , and then found out the hard way that if it 's taken during pregnancy you get damage to the foetus . ’ |
| 13 | She fondled its scruff , then snatched up a simple sling-bag of possessions embroidered with fidelity emblems . |
| 14 | Following the report , the National Union of Teachers ' ‘ stress project team ’ then drew up an organisational action plan which , it argued , would , if implemented , reduce the sources of stress . |
| 15 | Clients will announce their intentions to the group , and then report back the following week . |
| 16 | Stir in the cornflour , Sweetex Granulated , orange and lemon rind , then cook over a low heat stirring constantly until the mixture boils and thickens . |
| 17 | I began by taking the cable-car and the chairlift beyond it , then wandered up the lower glacier to the hut . |
| 18 | I watched Pa mark the first blade with yellow chalk , pull down his welder 's mask , then winch up the grinding wheel till it just pinged against the right-hand end of the blades , throwing a couple of sparks . |
| 19 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 20 | Barak swung round then let out a deep sigh when Laidlaw emerged from the shadows of an oak tree on the other side of the road . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't take it all in , ’ she told him and then let out a deep sigh and gave a small shrug of her shoulders . |
| 22 | Jessamy scrambled in beside him , then let out a silent sigh of relief as the car moved swiftly off down the drive , leaving the house behind them . |
| 23 | He hoisted up a plank to sit on and then let down a small rope . |
| 24 | While the officials , commentators and chess groupies then lingered over an enjoyable buffet , the players and their seconds rushed off to put the finishing touches to six months of preparations . |
| 25 | The Offline Operator should then carry out the Offline Cycle as specified by LIFESPAN on the screen . |
| 26 | Then cut out a fun motif to decorate the mug . |
| 27 | He turned a corner into a wide road edged with large detached houses , then drove along a broad lane , at the end of which was a wide circular drive , and at the top an imposing Georgian house . |
| 28 | In the pleasant countryside around the roofless ruin of Courthill House ( not destroyed by fire as may be supposed but dismantled by its owner to avoid paying rates ) , the road turns sharply east to enter a ravine where waterfalls are to be seen , and then climbs over a low ridge to descend to Lochcarron . |
| 29 | I was then put on a waiting list to see the back specialist at the local hospital . |
| 30 | Paul has just that transformation in mind when he tells the Ephesians to put off the old self , be made new in the attitudes of their minds , and then put on the new self , ‘ created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness ’ ( Eph. 4:20–4 ) . |