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Example sentences of "[conj] then [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	This led , they argue , to a situation where decisions were made by the elite at the top of the management hierarchy and then fed down the line of command .
2	I worked right through it and then looked up the proper translation , which was at the end of the book .
3	At the gangway he hesitated and then ran up the bank after them .
4	The firm organized catering at the Glasgow exhibition , the 1889 Paris exhibition , and then took over the catering at Olympia and the Crystal Palace .
5	The entire band dropped into the valley beyond us , and then proceeded up the Bitterroot .
6	Asik was glad to get a drink ; it did not matter to him if the water was dirty or clean , he was thirsty and gulped down as much as he could , washed his feet and then filled up the water jug .
7	It is as if surveyors had worked out what they were going to do and then laid out the plan on the landscape , ignoring the difficult topography of the area .
8	Wakelate examined Cleo 's tense posture with apparent embarrassment , and then blew out the sizzle stick with a mournful expression .
9	Turner was arrested after the first offence but released on bail and then carried out the second offence .
10	Next , mark the outline of the board onto the film and then lay down the positions of the copper pads to act as a reference , just as we did in the ‘ direct etch ’ method last month .
11	I left it there and then went down the caravan .
12	My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames .
13	Rain packed half her things and then picked up the telephone .
14	The rain , whipped up by the wind , bit into her face , stung the softly tanned skin on her neck and then trickled down the inside of her blouse , to merge with the hundred other rivulets of water that soaked into her skin .
15	I knew it was inside , set a trap within the hole and then blocked up the entrance .
16	I waited until the Worm was back in there and then blocked up the hole through which it had come .
17	Both guards broke clear , looked round for a moment and then leapt up the bank into the wood .
18	I began the basic structure of the rose leaves in the bottom left of the picture and then built up the shape with the larger open roses , tucking the asparagus fern and gypsophila behind them , and finally put the buds into position .
19	With that beat I needed a really stomping guitar line to go with it so I worked it through in my head and then worked out the chords on the piano .
20	He kissed her again and then started up the car .
21	The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows .
22	The security forces opened fire , killing two and injuring dozens , and then closed down the dormitories .
23	Everyone else went ahead on the basis of the animal data , and then found out the hard way that if it 's taken during pregnancy you get damage to the foetus . ’
24	Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony , including Wally Fuentes Morrison , and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet .
25	‘ I 'm all stiff and sore , ’ Lucy said , and then pulled down the shoulder of the oversized Blues Brothers T-shirt that she 'd bought for sleeping in .
26	He drove a few miles out of the village and then pulled off the road to wait for dusk .
27	He was clearly so fearful of the answer to his father 's unasked question that he scarcely dared pose it himself , but then summoned up the courage .
28	Having left Scratchwood a few moments after the other vehicle , the mustard-coloured van , its roof rack carrying a decorator 's ladder , also turned off at Junction 4 , but then picked up the Uxbridge road before turning south towards Harrow-on-the-Hill and the home of Beth and Ali Christie .