Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] then [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that you allow the tide to come in and then effectively close her down , so storing the water at the high level of the tide and you let it out through turbine generators when the sea is low , and the water running out , therefore , generates electricity . |
| 2 | Gower won the toss and inserted West Indies , only for Haynes to hold the innings together as his partners got in and then out . |
| 3 | The coach will take you to your hotel giving you time to settle in and then maybe take a stroll , enjoying the atmosphere of this Royal City . |
| 4 | So let's add a couple more columns in and then back here you can have a look at whether they actually gain those , whether they got what they wanted . |
| 5 | Well just corsets like that , and they 're fastened on the front with things that clicked in and then sometimes they would have a What they called a Oh what on earth did they call that ? |
| 6 | Swim clear of all the ropes , swim around to the back of the boat , pull the daggerboard down and then simply flip the boat upright again . |
| 7 | I forget what it was that distracted me for a moment , but as I delayed , the water bounced the boat up and down and then straight against the quay , with my finger in between . |
| 8 | Tail curves gently down and then up again at the tip This is the relaxed cat , at peace with the world . |
| 9 | Has a characteristic song , with a series of cooing or bubbling notes that run down and then up the scale . |
| 10 | you see , he , he he can he cancelled cos his name came up and then he cancelled and he never heard anything and went a bit er we told him about Doreen , he said , oh I better go down and see what 's happened er he went down and then about three minutes later he got this erm card yes er , this week to say that come in , but , before you come in ring to see if there 's a bed . |
| 11 | This intro on the piano was in its way a very formal announcement , and people would hear it over or under whatever other music was on , and the bar staff would turn the tapes down and then off , without anyone having to say anything , they would just do it . |
| 12 | Just jot the other people 's names down and then obviously when they 've been they 've said their piece just strike their name through so you do n't go and . |
| 13 | A third add a sixth put three add six down and then maybe |
| 14 | Put this down and then maybe you 'll be able to get in . |
| 15 | One anxious mother , Jane Brooks , said : ‘ As people drive through and then out of the centre of Holybourne they seem to forget that speed restrictions still apply . |
| 16 | Bernice threw herself recklessly forward , knocking him over and then back . |
| 17 | Faced with that dilemma the plaintiffs chose to endeavour to run the business to an early sale and that is what they did my Lord and er the premises were put back on the market er in the early part of nineteen eighty six and er it is pleaded that er in in paragraph six statement of claim , that in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead er because there were unreasonable delays on the part of the purchaser erm and er the deal fell through but then again in July er after the business had ceased trading , another buyer was found and then there was a lengthy period of negotiations at the conclusion of which the sale price was reduced because at that stage the plaintiff 's landlord was going to increase the rent er and the plaintiffs were at that stage under threat of forfeiture and eventually contracts were exchanged on the sixth of November nineteen eighty six the sale price being eighty one thousand five hundred and er completion was on the fifth of December nineteen eighty six . |
| 18 | The squadrons were in a state of perpetual motion with ops first being on and then off , orders being issued and then countermanded , and the pressure and suspense built up until it was almost unbearable . |
| 19 | Using the Setting and Selector knobs you can cook completely automatically , the cooker turning itself on and then off precisely when you want . |
| 20 | whatever it is and you 've really got to get it off and then presumably it 's marked and |
| 21 | This was simply drained off and then finally the cut was stitched up . |
| 22 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 23 | Well , they moved off and then just getting back to sleep must of been half an hour after we 'd and heard this voice shout what you doing ? |
| 24 | And then there was a bit where a man takes all his clothes off and then just jumps into the river and then there was a bit where she where she 's having a bath |
| 25 | The males fell into four categories : nine had their tails cut off and a longer one stuck on ( with quick-acting glue ) , nine had a shorter one stuck on , and , as controls , nine were left intact , and nine had their own tail cut off and then immediately glued back again . |
| 26 | She dusted it off and then rather timidly mounted it . |
| 27 | He went through quietly with his lights off and then suddenly switched them on . |
| 28 | I have a week or 10 days off and then gradually get back into it . |
| 29 | I did the tour , had five days off , then went off with the Floyd for three months , five days off and then back with Mike and the Mechanics ! |
| 30 | And there would be London Burning bashing away and she 'd be and I 'd go in and I 'd turn it off and then then then you know and she 'd say |