Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [conj] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For a moment her eyes opened and then she hurriedly bent her head . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Each pair of eyes questioned and then looked away , wondering . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | To actually have their feet washed and then go down and wash somebody else 's ? |
| 11 | They watched as the judges conferred and then placed them in order in the line-up . |
| 12 | wires or the elements run and then fold it so it can avoid kinking those . |
| 13 | Land was reclaimed and settlements begun but then , owing to the poor quality of the ground following deforestation , they became the home of cattle . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A couple of big years followed but then owner Al Davis started bringing in a whole series of running backs handed star billing . |
| 16 | A couple of big years followed but then owner Al Davis started bringing in a whole series of running backs handed star billing . |
| 17 | Baffled by some of the refereeing decisions but that 's a minor thing compared to the fact that Notts were two goals ahead with just about minutes played and then went completely off the boil , they had Pisa on the run , they failed to capitalize on it and Pisa have finished the stronger of the two sides towards the end of the first half . |
| 18 | The band was down below and then a loft , a long wooden just like a dance hall up above and they just did that and they just they had tables set and then they removed them for the dances . |
| 19 | Levels for patients tested and then re-examined on a subsequent occasion remained the same . |
| 20 | ‘ He showed a lot of courage at Leeds on Sunday as we already had two players injured and then we had two sent off . |
| 21 | Officers are fed up with seeing offenders caught and then released by the court . |
| 22 | Black layers curled and then collapsed . |
| 23 | Oh ca that 's only where they had to be you put the wee rubber mouthpiece in you see to keep your mouth open so that 's easy to open your mouth , sometimes people clamp their mouths closed and then they ca n't get their teeth out . |
| 24 | Yeah , no it 's a play get the jobs done and then we used to deliver them back again up the street and one of us used to go in , I used to divert to Derby |
| 25 | So when Mr said that the firearms office majority of language , when the firearms officer said wait for the C I D and then some other policemen arrived and then you , that may well be right because from what you say it may well be that the C I D did get to the flat after the officers but before ? |
| 26 | If a bird can get away with cheating — with having his own ticks removed but then refusing to reciprocate — he gains all the benefits without paying the costs . |
| 27 | ‘ It was all so quick — the judges just said they did not want to hear any more arguments , convictions quashed and then got up and walked out ! |