Example sentences of "then [vb base] it [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Place the block oil-side down into some jeweller 's rouge powder , then rub it on to the mirror edge . |
| 2 | Simple — I take the dish over to the sink and wash it , then bring it back to the table . |
| 3 | Slide it out onto a plate , then invert it back into the pan and cook the other side for about 5 minutes . |
| 4 | Lay a piece of masking tape at the centre point of the hearth , then line it up with the plumb bob |
| 5 | Cardiff watched him scan the wall , and then hold it up to the ceiling . |
| 6 | He sipped at his wine again , then put it down on the arm of his chair and , keeping a finger and thumb on the stem , twisted it one way , then the other . |
| 7 | I looked at it accusingly , then put it down in the cradle . |
| 8 | Maxwell examined the letter in silence , let the Consul General read it and then put it back into the Captain 's open hand . |
| 9 | Oswald has been chairman of the Darlington Brown Trout Angling Association for 38 years , and jokes : ‘ On the one hand I catch a fish then put it back into the water . |
| 10 | Think of the total quantity of change involved in going from wolf to Chihuahua , and then multiply it up by the number of walking paces between London and Baghdad . |
| 11 | If you are paid a weekly wage , then add it up to the monthly total and put that down and so on . |
| 12 | First , the Macintosh was designed as a graphical computer and so already possessed the necessary hardware to provide a typographically ‘ accurate ’ WYSIWYG display and then print it out onto the new LaserWriter printer . |
| 13 | Whereas I mean , , if you sort of give the criticism first and say the wrong area is that , and then finish it off with the praise , they know where they stand , and when you come up to them and say you 've done a superb job , they 're not just sitting back , thinking oh yes , what 's coming next . |
| 14 | Breathe in from the diaphragm slowly through the chest to the mouth counting 1-2-3-4 then blow it back to the diaphragm with another 1-2-3-4 . |
| 15 | Haul it back up , then chuck it down on the deck |
| 16 | And if you 'd got a good suit , you 'd take that , then fetch it out for the weekend , so they 'd looked decent , and when you took it back on Monday and he said I 'll have to drop you on that , Ah , so you wo n't this week . |
| 17 | He toyed with the envelope for a couple of seconds , then thrust it back to the bottom of the pile . |
| 18 | Then you 'd quarter it , quarter it off , you see , then carry it down to the shop so as you had some beef in the shop on show in four quarters . |
| 19 | ‘ I bet we could sling a hook up and then pull it over towards the window , and then — ’ |
| 20 | their press release , so I might do that in future , send out a release and then follow it up on the phone call . |