Example sentences of "then [vb base] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dip a cotton bud into cuticle-remover and go round each cuticle , then push back with a rubber-tipped hoofstick . |
| 2 | In each test , one of them would don a mask painted with either normal-sized eyes or extra-large ones , and then walk directly towards a basking iguana . |
| 3 | It is easy to mark around a dinner plate and then cut out with a sharp knife . |
| 4 | As the text of the gospels was dissected , there came indeed to appear layers or strata ; some bits looked earlier than others ; the documents were made up out of a weaving of stories and sayings circulating in the earliest Church and then put together by a single hand or more than one hand . |
| 5 | I was asked to clean down with blanket wash and then run over with a clean polishing rag . |
| 6 | At the agreed hour I reported to the Endoscopy Unit of the London Clinic , was shown into a small room , told to undress and put on a blue shift , then lie down on a mobile bed . |
| 7 | Using a wash-down hose , rinse out the oven and then finish off to a fine sparkle with a quick wipe around . |
| 8 | As far as I know , there are only two still in existence : one , the U.505 , was captured by an American task force towards the end of the war , towed up the St Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago where a special cradle was built for it to cross the Lake Shore Drive and then set up in a little house of its own in the Museum of Science and Industry . |
| 9 | He then set out in a violent storm and heavy snow for Fort William , where he hoped to take the oath in the presence of the local commander of government troops . |
| 10 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 11 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 12 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 13 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 14 | Eventually it was just a dark dot way up in the shy , almost unrecognisable except for the distinctive flight pattern : it would glide round in a circle , then soar off in a straight line , helped along by the wind , and finally resume its circular flight again . |
| 15 | Go through an unobtrusive door at the back of the Trent Bridge pavilion then turn left into a book-lined room , and on any match day you 'll find the central table occupied by the owner of a moustache of impressively Victorian dimensions , like as not tapping away on a venerable-looking typewriter . |
| 16 | Then start again with a slow rhythm , breathing and seeing the breath flow through the lungs and over its arc back to the diaphragm . |
| 17 | Sylvie paused and then burst out in a shrill laugh , before leaving the room . |
| 18 | Pupils are taught on a block system , which means that they concentrate on one particular activity for a certain number of weeks , then move on to a different activity . |
| 19 | One , near Cork , allowed us to feed the kids in the backpacker 's kitchen , put them to bed in our basic but spotless large room ( £20 for all of us ) , then settle down to a sumptuous gourmet meal in their separate restaurant . |
| 20 | Tiny hummingbirds fly down from New England into Louisiana and then take off on a non-stop sea-crossing of five hundred miles across the Bay of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula and the warm jungles of Central and South America . |
| 21 | The argument that this is money well spent only bears out if you then follow up with a reasonable period of reliable service . |
| 22 | Continue rubbing until the surface feels dry and then polish vigorously with a clean soft duster . |