Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps she had seen others at the tree tops , for she clattered her talons violently on the top of her cage , crashed down on to its concrete floor , her wings smashing against the branch that projected across her cage , and then lunged forward at the door of her cage , driven by an impulse that spoke of a terrible longing to be free . |
| 2 | He clicked his fingers for Nosey to follow him , then rode northwards in the dusk . |
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| 4 | ‘ Desperately , desperately ill ! ’ she said , over her shoulder , then swooped down to the dishwasher , picked up a handful of plates , and marched off towards a cupboard . |
| 5 | It sniffed the air then made straight for the drum . |
| 6 | Harry rolled the two bodies over the gunwale into the sea , then stabbed twice through the bottom of the boat to sink it . |
| 7 | Case loads of course built up gradually as the samples were generated , and then tailed off after the recruitment year ended . |
| 8 | Pulling off the silky dress with trembling hands , then the slips of white lace which did service as bra and pants , she angrily kicked off the low-heeled white sandals , raked her long blonde hair out of its French plait , and then plunged gratefully for the privacy of the small en-suite bathroom , standing beneath the shower for a long , soothing soak before she climbed into bed in the baggy jade T-shirt which she wore as a nightshirt . |
| 9 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 10 | The bullet ricocheted off a stone in the road and then passed exactly through the centre of the rear seat . |
| 11 | When the slaves saw Burun they hissed and bowed , then passed silently through the door to the antechamber . |
| 12 | He then passed quickly through the crowd , eyes studiously on the ground , black gown folded round him like a rook 's wings . |
| 13 | There is the metal-ring type muzzle , which is screwed into place via a pin passed across the inside of a ferret 's mouth behind its big teeth and then threaded back into the ring . |
| 14 | Sir Charles and Lady Dobson lived on Pacific Drive , a road that wound its way through the canyons , then doubled back towards the ocean to link , eventually , with the South Coast Expressway . |
| 15 | Finally reaching the bottom , she peered theatrically round the end of the banisters , then crept stealthily along the hall towards the kitchen . |
| 16 | I said I believed them to be following the correct route and then crept off into the mist surreptitiously to whip out my compass . |
| 17 | I laid the sturdy Ministry of Defence plastic mug on the sand and then hopped round to the front of my tent to bring out my dirty washing . |
| 18 | And Gharr glowered at me one more , then stalked away into the throng while Ten-huc watched him balefully and Pulvidon grinned his carnivore grin . |
| 19 | He paused , looked at her then stalked off down the aisle . |
| 20 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 21 | Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion . |
| 22 | I then got straight onto the radio to Sergeant and Superintendent and informed them that the flat was secure er one person er arrested er and requested C I D and their presence . |
| 23 | He then got up off the floor and threatened to hit the labour master with his boots in his hand . |
| 24 | The youngest visitor , aged about six and dressed ready for bed in pyjamas , helped his father to decipher the jottings in his field notebook and then reported earnestly on the day 's tally . |
| 25 | He then scorched out of the gate , almost crashing his already scratched BMW . |
| 26 | In the end , she threw her pencil across the room in frustration , then paced over to the window . |
| 27 | He gurgled unpleasantly , and then knelt awkwardly on the planking . |
| 28 | He drank water from the pitcher , then staggered over to the basin on the table and thrust his head into it , the chill water making him gasp . |
| 29 | He paused for a while to compose himself then staggered down to the porter 's lodge . |
| 30 | She agreed to do this before the next session so that it could be discussed further and then used later in the conjoint session with her parents . |