Example sentences of "[conj] then a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1973 , under the direction of the Scottish Development Department , the old County Council of Orkney commissioned a firm of planning consultants to draw up first of all an interim strategy and then a Structure Plan to cope with the consequences surrounding the construction of an oil-terminal on the island of Flotta , and with the possibility of further North Sea oil activity taking place within the county . |
| 2 | ‘ One thing I must insist on , my boy , ’ she said , ‘ a good wash and then a hair cut . |
| 3 | A delicious meal — pasta ( layers of lasagna ) with broccoli and cheese sauce to start , roast meat , salad , then fantastic local neapolitan sausages and then a gateau thing ( on which I ‘ passed ’ ) and fruit and cheese ( on which I also ‘ passed ’ ) . |
| 4 | After leaving school Mackay was an apprentice in a publishing house for a year and then a university student for five semesters in Kiel , Leipzig and Berlin . |
| 5 | ( Tramp art is an old American form of folk art in which small pieces of wood are laid together and then a plaster cast taken . ) |
| 6 | Calgary , took a train over the Rockies to Vancouver and then a cruise ship up to Alaska and , and back via Vancouver and you saw the erm ice floes er dropping off and er er seals and that , dolphins and that and it looked pretty good . |
| 7 | Sandra trained as a dancer and worked as a theatre set painter and then a trapeze artist . |
| 8 | We both got our heads down and then a scratching noise started up Steve is that you ? |
| 9 | Most people will receive an application form , and then a regret letter after they have returned it . |
| 10 | That was bad enough , but worse was to follow — the flying squad , then police recruitment and then a desk job in the police housing division . |
| 11 | And then a drum march . |
| 12 | You know the form : lots of booze on arrival , a tour of the factory and then a buffet lunch with lots more booze , and plugs for Supersight products should duly appear in the trade magazines and maybe some of the newspapers . |
| 13 | This covers the huge cost of the Adventure Network International charter flight from Punta Arenas in Argentina , and then a Twin Otter to basecamp . |
| 14 | Yeah , and then a night ride across France |
| 15 | There were two phases to the experiment , a description phase and then a judgment phase . |
| 16 | Appointed first a lieutenant-colonel , and then a lord commissioner of the Admiralty , he saw active service in the Channel during the French wars , before a stroke in 1698 put a premature end to his military career , and probably hastened his death . |
| 17 | A female out-take from ‘ Metal Box ’ with the guitars turned up , with a weirdo piano bit in the middle with Katie singing down a toilet and then a thrash ending . |
| 18 | She 'd been half-expecting a trial and then a labour camp but instead , there was an ambulance . |
| 19 | Three young men with loop and stud earrings in one ear ( the lad on the Caledonian Canal fishing boat was not as individual as I had thought ) had three beefburgers and a pie each and then a chocolate KitKat with their tea . |
| 20 | in the heat , once it 's cooled down you 'll get the familiar appearance of a glossy surface of pottery , with the oxide having also fired and sometimes changed colour and that 's your colour underneath , on your base a layer of colour and then a plastic surface right if I talk about glaze , erm vitrify does , did anybody understand that ? |
| 21 | The lights came back on and then a thud overhead made them all jump . |
| 22 | Soon a birthday present for Ruth , and then a Christmas present . |
| 23 | When Mrs Welch came to this country , she did a crash course in English and then a post graduate course at Durham University before becoming a translator for British Steel and local industries . |
| 24 | He had some minor heart ailment , and then a kidney problem which could probably have been treated . |
| 25 | The try came after good work by Gordon Lawrie and then a blindside move featuring Mike Allingham and Andy McRobbie which allowed Russell Adam to go over at the corner . |
| 26 | Yeah , that , that needs something if you actually set up a system and then a business meeting one month and a speaker the next , it puts a lot of pressure on one of us or some of us to , to , erm , this is true . |
| 27 | The experiment consisted of two phases , first a judgment phase and then a recognition phase , each phase lasted approximately 25 minutes in total . |
| 28 | The engine capacity was reduced even further , to 1½ litres in 1926 but then a Formula Libre , with no engine size legislation , came into force in 1928 . |