Example sentences of "then [verb] it [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have picked all the answers in this section you are the sort of person who can watch somebody do it and then pick it up in a flash — or read the handbook and you 're away . |
| 2 | Other lenders may advance 95 per cent of the purchase price and then top it up with a five per cent loan from an insurance company . |
| 3 | A company enters into a sale and finance leaseback agreement with its pension fund , to sell the fund the company 's headquarters at its current fair market value and then lease it back on a 25 year finance lease . |
| 4 | Jinny hunted for what she wanted to say and then let it out in a rush . |
| 5 | Finlayson held his breath , and then let it out in a rush . |
| 6 | So I ran the real one through the xerox , got the stamp on that , then filled it in with a ‘ balance ’ of over £1,000 . |
| 7 | Freddie grabbed at his glass and took a quick swig of ale then put it down with a bang on the wooden table . |
| 8 | ANGLER David Moor , 31 , hooked a 64 pound carp — British record is 51 pounds — then threw it back into a French lake . |
| 9 | By storing up a few milliseconds worth of message and then pumping it out in a splurge , several digital phones can operate over a channel that would accommodate only a single analogue one : they merely send out their bursts at different times . |
| 10 | No wh what I 'm saying is why ca n't we produce the letters off the box let's , can we find out exactly what it would , what , how er if we can find a way of getting this information downloaded onto a disk and then run it off on a straightforward standard letter basis . |
| 11 | Apply it over the boards with a roller , wait a few seconds , then wipe it up with a clean cloth . |
| 12 | " Take a quart of Creme and a pint of rhenish wine and the juice of 4 lemons sweeten it to your taste and put in some leamon peele then whip it up with a small rod and put it with a spoone into syllabub glasses . " |
| 13 | To copy them , the pirate has to feed the program into the computer 's memory , then read it back onto a disc . |
| 14 | Leave to settle for 5 minutes and then tip it out onto a plate . |
| 15 | Jackson made his final attempt with the tea , then set it down with a grimace of distaste . |
| 16 | You could then sell it off in a couple of years once everything 's tickety-boo again . |
| 17 | There was music , there was good ( verbal ) crack , there was the Ceilidh Place 's astonishing ‘ honesty ’ bar for residents ( drink what you like then note it down in a book . |
| 18 | Then turn it out onto a wire cake rack to cool thoroughly . |
| 19 | Try playing lemmings with the PC 's beeper , and then try it out on a machine that is sound-equipped , and you 'll never want to play it again until you have better sound . |
| 20 | Eddie splashed more of the liquid against his temples , brushing it back and then rubbing it in with a comb . |
| 21 | Opting for a vast lunch in a pub , he ordered the dish of the day — haggis — then topped it off with a ploughman 's lunch and the landlady 's home-made black bun , much to the amazement of the proprietors . |
| 22 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 23 | Pete went to the refrigerator , took out a beer , and then carried it along with a kitchen chair out onto the porch . |
| 24 | Is my hon. Friend aware that the main barrier to CHP is that producers have to sell their electricity to the pool and then buy it back at a much higher — an uplift price ? |