Example sentences of "[conj] then [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved to London , becoming a law clerk and then confidential man of business to Sir Robert Rich , second Earl of Warwick [ q.v . ] . |
| 2 | Pies and then frozen stuff , Bird 's Eye , we used to deal with . |
| 3 | All histological material , both from the first cystoscopy and the second cystoscopy , was sent both to the local pathologist and then representative sections sent to the reference pathologist . |
| 4 | Well we used to er get Jersey potatoes and things like that and then new potatoes . |
| 5 | The policeman 's note had promised action some time during the next two or three days , which could no doubt be split into a fraction of a second for a data check to establish that Sampson was a worthy and responsible citizen and neither a pervert nor a dangerous lefty , and then many hours of waiting in a paper tray to be shunted and shuffled and finally put into an envelope . |
| 6 | erm a boy first and then two girls . |
| 7 | One , and then two screens picked her out . |
| 8 | Ahead there was marriage to a man I dearly love , the birth of a daughter and then two sons , and a full and happy family life . |
| 9 | Yeah cos you can print it and then two downs two months down the line they could pull out and you 've you 've |
| 10 | Which was good from the point of view that you took thirteen minutes to do the first three and then two minutes to do the last , last three . |
| 11 | So as they come in would you make a statement and then two minutes they had and that one 's just next year . |
| 12 | Which angle has the sine cos or tan right and then that 's two if you like two A work out the angle and then two B work out which is the opposite . |
| 13 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 14 | Pete called out , and then two things happened very close together . |
| 15 | ‘ Join us , ’ she whispered , and then two things happened ; there was a sharp pain , almost as if he 'd swallowed broken glass , as she started to take her hand away , and in that same moment the generator missed another beat and caused the lights to drop for barely a fraction of a second . |
| 16 | And then two goals from Stein and Simpson brought them level with Wolves , the final score ; three three . |
| 17 | I heard Marcus open the door and then two voices , his and the redhead 's . |
| 18 | Six years ago he added two home-made diesel shunters to the operation and then two years ago embarked on an even more ambitious project … two narrow gauge steam loco 's designed from scratch , for the line . |
| 19 | Between 1914 and 1918 he spent six months among the Mailu and then two years among the people of the Trobriand Islands , both in south-east New Guinea . |
| 20 | They lived together for four years , and then two years ago they broke up . |
| 21 | He won two novice hurdles by wide margins in his first campaign , and then two novice chases the following winter before running away with the County Hurdle at Cheltenham from a field which included the smart mare Travel Mystery . |
| 22 | On the following Tuesday he had tickets for the much-acclaimed Lear at the National , and then two days later a seat in the stalls for the revival of Turandot at the Coliseum . |
| 23 | Three day residential and then two days out in the field |
| 24 | I 've had up to five floating around the house before and then we ca n't find one , no and then two days |
| 25 | And then two days before Christmas he did n't stay . |
| 26 | We went from one corner of the country to another and we stayed in palaces and magnificent hotels and played in beautiful little theatres , and then two weeks later , we 'd be in a dark bungalow with cockroaches and snakes in the loo , where they had desks tied together with string for a stage . |
| 27 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |
| 28 | Many of his public obligations were thoroughly familiar — on 12 May , for example , he gave an address at the University of Sheffield and then two weeks later received the Dante Gold Medal at the Italian Institute — but other duties were more painful to perform . |
| 29 | Well we dredged it , alongside of Cliff Quay , that was twenty eight feet of water at low tide , that was that 's what they guarantee , apart from what they call and then two blasts off , two ships was laying that 'd be at twenty eight feet , then that would rise ten feet below what they call , cos all in metres now . |
| 30 | Running well in the race , just behind Regazzoni , first Hunt 's engine faded for three seconds , stranding him behind Depailler , and then two laps later , when he was trying to overtake Depailler on the outside , Depailler moved over and blew Hunt into the wall . |