Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [conj] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | To get out of bed , for instance , the patient is turned onto his side or lifted and then brought into the sitting position on the side of the bed . |
| 2 | May be sniffed , or burned and then inhaled ( chasing the dragon ) or injected . |
| 3 | Alternatively the vendor may wish to transfer out to a new company all the assets and liabilities not being sold or assumed and then sell the shares in the original company . |
| 4 | In Chapter 3 we spoke of the importance of being able to signal , and of the influence of early experiences in acquiring confidence that signals will be seen or heard and then responded to . |
| 5 | All the training data have to be collected and paired and then sorted before the main clustering stage can begin . |
| 6 | Everyone laughed and clapped and then Oliver used a whole heap of long words and each time he used one we all whooped . |
| 7 | He waltzed and pirouetted and then , to my horror , he lost his footing . |
| 8 | Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ? |
| 9 | The gods came : they ate and danced and then left contented . |
| 10 | He went across and stroked the nape of her neck , and she sniffed and stiffened and then relaxed . |
| 11 | Every rifle was stripped , cleaned , greased , checked and then checked again , every bullet placed carefully into its magazine , every Lewis gun tested , oiled and re-tested and then the men finally shaved before they faced the enemy . |
| 12 | I could n't see anything , and I thought I 'd been stung by ants , but the knee became swollen and blistered and then I noticed tracks like blisters crawling up my leg from my knee , and over the course of months they went crawling up and up and round my leg — terrifying ! |
| 13 | You will see where he lived and worked and then we will discuss the future , ’ Marguerite said with a finality that left Jenna astonished . |
| 14 | She could n't turn it at first ; she fumbled and wrenched and then made herself try again , without forcing . |
| 15 | Breathing fumes over patients when they 're not feeling well and nauseated and then they get this of garlic . |
| 16 | This way and that it rippled and shivered and then was still , a great sea . |
| 17 | ‘ I went up and sang and then I called my mother up to join me . |
| 18 | She responded , but almost as if I was n't there , so I did a few gestures in front of her face — Signalman Flagging Down Runaway Express , sort of thing — and she briefly focused on me and laughed and then went back into her secret nuptial sett . |
| 19 | Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle . |
| 20 | And unfortunately settees appeared at the bottom of the you know , just been pushed over the sides and appeared and then they were left . |
| 21 | An apple tree heeds to be sown , weeded , grafted and pruned and then only after a number of years will it bear fruit . |
| 22 | He stood outside the door and cried and then went and drank until he was out cold . |
| 23 | The aim of the new welfare authorities was to provide homes rather than institutions and so private houses were acquired and converted and then modern purpose-built homes were constructed . |
| 24 | You kicked up and said and then you put down . |
| 25 | His little feet twitched and kicked and then were still . |
| 26 | The ferrymaster was absent across the Forth so Corbett told his escort to rest ; they opened their provisions , ate and drank and then lay on the sand-strewn grass , enjoying the warm noon sun and listening to the birds overhead and the constant chatter of the bees and crickets . |
| 27 | all I I sat down and visualized and then did it . |
| 28 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 29 | Very little wool is processed in Australia — believe it or not , it is usually exported , spun and coned and then imported again ! |
| 30 | The whole company was arrested and held and then transferred to gaol in London , where Nayler was tried . |