Example sentences of "[conj] then the [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 This took place with the arrival of replacement staff ( setting John free to lead the work ) , the purchase of accommodation and then the formation of the team in the autumn of 1988 .
2 It often happens , especially if you train only spasmodically , that you start off the season with a personal best time , get really excited because you think there is a lot more to come and then the rest of the summer turns out to be something of a damp squib .
3 Add tomato juice or water and then the rest of the water until you have the consistency you like .
4 After a while he took off her cardigan and his jersey and then the rest of their clothes , and made love to her on the folk-weave bedspread of her university bed .
5 Slowly the Cat 's eyes , then its ears , and then the rest of its head appeared .
6 It 's alright for some to be able to buy private health care , and then the rest of us can have a diminishing and reducing National Health Service both in Nottinghamshire and throughout the rest of the country .
7 Still offering no explanation , he led her down to the riverbank and then the rest of the way back to the centre .
8 The erm , the gross borrowings , the dollar is the overwhelming element in , in terms of we have about erm , two hundred and thirty five million of sterling debt , two bond issues and some old loan stocks and then the rest of it , that 's gross debt and , and some of that swaps , you know .
9 But that and then the rest of the land is is open countryside E two land .
10 Out erm well , mum , in the morning she works as a postwoman and then the rest of the day she works as a , in the pub so
11 The meeting starts at seven , the quiz is seven thirty to eight fifteen , then there 's an interval and then the rest of the quiz is nine to nine thirty , well you wo n't be home till ten o'clock .
12 And then the rest of it black
13 As I said I had one quiff from Jane that was erm because somebody had n't filled in the date by which it was agreed that the Client should get a reply and suggestion was that the procedure should be changed should be non compliance , erm and then the rest of this is based on a suggestion from Rita , and I have several here now , erm .
14 And then the screech of brakes .
15 It has happened in France , Cameron felt like saying , and then the thought of the gulf between France and Scotland came over him so dauntingly that he suffered a backwash of despair .
16 And then the floor of the bay was rushing up towards them .
17 Past a house that was larger , set back from the road , beyond a lawn on which the rain made ponds , and he saw the flash of an old woman 's face at a window and then the falling of a lace curtain .
18 I took the afternoon off to see Ireland ( land of my birth ) illustrate just why Man City are a pile of shite , and then the agony of the evening .
19 His sports paper having mysteriously disappeared , the Duty Officer scratched furiously at a vast form , a flush , as ominous as a gathering storm began to show on Frau Nordern 's neck , and then the door of the office opened , the Sergeant came out , and behind him a stocky man in plain clothes , smoking a cigar , and blinking through bloodshot eyes , waved Frau Nordern forward .
20 This association may be fairly straightforward , the range of possible reference fairly narrow , and then the interpretation of what the addresser intends is easy .
21 The general story is well known : the director at Ulm saying you must go to better things , your dismissal , months of unemployment , and then the chance of the Aachen post despite the fact that at 27 years of age you were thought far too young for such an important post in German musical life .
22 The next village just down the road Lartington stayed loyal to the Church of Rome which led to a spot of tension now and then The Church of England established their place of worship in 1796 then built St Cuthberts in 1881 and a school in 1894 .
23 And then the idea of class you know similar groove .
24 Thus , the selection process involves describing the job first by analysis ( task and skills analysis ) and then the translation of these data into worker relevant terminology .
25 At night the place was jumping , the whistling urinals were all occupied , and then the smell of piss and semen was the smell of ecstatic terror , for we never knew when the place would be raided by the cops , and the person standing at the next stall playing with himself might be a copper 's nark , an informer or an agent provocateur .
26 His coalition " national stability government " formed in June had collapsed with the expulsion on Dec. 1 of three Republican Party ministers and then the withdrawal of members of the main opposition Democratic Party ( DP ) .
27 A couple of miles along well-marked tracks , and then the verge of the A470 , brought us to Dinas Mawddwy .
28 Okay you may not have ever seen him , he may just have been sitting in the car , then remember his colour maybe his moustache and then the type of car he had .
29 In a series of meetings with parents , the Headmaster with the new Bursar , Wing Commander J.M. Gilchrist , outlined the visions of an enlarged future : the new Gymnasium would release the old one to serve as a temporary library ; and then the building of a new hall , with some additional rooms , would allow the library to move to the Ha/lam Hall .
30 Our bodies already use the muscles required to walk , so it is simply a question of increasing the duration and then the intensity of our walking in order to build up to the fitness level that we require .
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