Example sentences of "then [vb base] [pron] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was disappointing to play so well at times and then lose it in that one spell . |
| 2 | A slightly different form of bitonal and polytonal usage is found where composers define a tonality strongly and then contradict it in some prominent way . |
| 3 | We then find ourselves with these two approaches : the simultaneous and the bilingual . |
| 4 | By taking advantage of this facility , we can draw one pattern in a basic design option ( such as Fair Isle as we have done ) and then use it for many different types of knitting . |
| 5 | This is a stylistic device to which Housman quite often and very effectively resorts : make an exquisitely turned phrase , or progresssion of phrases , wrought with all the patient care of the literary craftsman , then disturb it with some wry interjection from the common tongue . |