Example sentences of "then [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they witness something frightening , if they see someone messing up at school or losing friends , they 'll show concern , distance themselves from anything really threatening , enjoy a little frisson of fear and then slip back towards their old habits . |
| 2 | Individuals or small groups are carefully trained in the new methods and then put back into their usual working positions . |
| 3 | Fishermen would repair to the woods to cut hazel and withies to make or mend their pots , then set out in their small boats to their chosen ‘ grounds ’ to drop the pots . |
| 4 | A group of about fifty teenagers who had followed them then set off on their own march through the banned area . |
| 5 | And you go on from there er , you 've , mm mm , we come and exercise , they do their own , they sweep up they sweep up and then carry on with their ordinary routine of every day . |
| 6 | Semi-proletarianisation is closely linked to temporary intra-rural migration , as numbers of peasants move to a particular area for seasonal work and then move back to their small plots of land or on to another area , where a different crop has reached the planting or harvesting stage . |
| 7 | ‘ They 'll decide if they want to accept it , ’ said Claridge , ‘ add any modifications and then come back with their own document called the Community Support Framework . |