Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [conj] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten minutes to go and then … |
| 2 | At twilight , mosquitos and midges appear and then , as darkness falls , nocturnal creatures such as hedgehogs , owls , and bats take over . |
| 3 | As fashion dictates what a lot of the manufacturers make and then try and sell to Joe Public , I suppose we 're all guilty of fuelling this aspect of guitar/amp and gadget marketing . |
| 4 | Harry stayed with her until her eyes closed and then went to see if there was any way he could offer some comfort to the grief-stricken man downstairs . |
| 5 | Anyway I comes out to here and said do n't go near that door , open the back door very careful , there 's three kids got and then we went out and chase the buggers . |
| 6 | For a moment her eyes opened and then she hurriedly bent her head . |
| 7 | any way I got to the last one and it was two combinations combined together , so you 've got two separate combinations to do and then you 're to put those two together in with a different rule |
| 8 | Emily caught sight of the shoemaker 's daughter , a basket over her arm , and for a moment their eyes locked and then Emily looked away . |
| 9 | You see , by starting with it you emphasise the wholly hopeful , optimistic expectations the words imply and then , by ending with it , you can stress the double-edged sword quality : the irony . |
| 10 | This chapter illustrates some attractors : these static illustrations are a poor substitute for watching the trajectories approach and then wind around the attractor , and for following the sequence of bifurcations ( changes in type of attractor ) as a parameter is changed . |
| 11 | The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed . |
| 12 | So it 's basically if they finish on the level points goal difference shall determine the final positions followed by the highest number of goals scored and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home . |
| 13 | A pathetic attempt to use proto-scientific methods to ascertain and then apprehend the transcendent . |
| 14 | Each pair of eyes questioned and then looked away , wondering . |
| 15 | The experiment in which people inflicted electric shocks on subjects who were actually actors is known to all psychology students , and even journalology has an important study that depended on deception : editors had papers that they had already published resubmitted to them with the titles and addresses changed and then rejected most of them — providing evidence , the researchers argued , that editors and referees were biased against authors from provincial universities . |
| 16 | This means that these devices actually allow pregnancies to begin and then abort them , a notion out of line with biblical concepts . |
| 17 | Before filling the cylinder , open the hot water taps to avoid airlocks forming and then fill slowly , checking for leaks . |
| 18 | A bit of fish , a little sauce , one or two new potatoes boiled and then rolled in butter and parsley , and a frond or two of samphire if you have been lucky enough to find it . |
| 19 | To actually have their feet washed and then go down and wash somebody else 's ? |
| 20 | They watched as the judges conferred and then placed them in order in the line-up . |
| 21 | wires or the elements run and then fold it so it can avoid kinking those . |
| 22 | Here there 's a single mono input , followed by four mono effects sends and then four groups of stereo effect returns . |
| 23 | Land was reclaimed and settlements begun but then , owing to the poor quality of the ground following deforestation , they became the home of cattle . |
| 24 | If matters improved but then worsened again as the injection wore off , it would perhaps indicate that the problems could be controlled with longer-term hormonal management , or even castration for Stan . |
| 25 | A model describing the cleavage of DNA by Eco K has been proposed [ 12 ] which suggests that this DNA should bind two endonuclease molecules which will translocate DNA until the endonuclease molecules meet and then the DNA should be cut . |
| 26 | We supposedly get a couple of days to recharge and then turn up refreshed here to shine and glitter on the first night while they 're wrecked . |
| 27 | Farmers bring their animals , buyers look and then bid . |
| 28 | The lymph nodes are very painful and can take up to ten days to burst and then exude a thick yellow pus . |
| 29 | The sexual organs of birds enlarge dramatically as the days lengthen and then shrivel up again after breeding . |
| 30 | A few large splashes fell and then a lot . |