Example sentences of "[conj] then [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the two-day trial the court heard how the attacker chased Mr Lay into an alley and then plunged a knife into him five times . |
| 2 | Willie held the knife above the cake , screwed up his face till he had thought of a wish and then plunged the knife into the icing . |
| 3 | He took the girls to the swimming pool after midnight , and then persuaded the victim to come with him to a changing room , on the pretext that the manager of the swimming pool might find them at the pool . |
| 4 | Western Region , however , were still intent on empire building and then raised the matter of a line transfer which affected Bangor , Rhyl and Denbigh sheds directly . |
| 5 | ‘ I drove home and then followed the road into Alton , but I could find no sign of them , ’ he said . |
| 6 | From there travellers took ship to Dyrrachium ( Durres ) and then followed the road across Albania and Macedonia to Salonika . |
| 7 | Some have been initially successful and then suffered a relapse , suggesting that at least some of the cases owed their success more to the Hawthorne effect than to a deeper understanding of people . |
| 8 | B was substituted as the company 's debtor , and then repaid the whole of the £79,000 . |
| 9 | They had not taken the time to find out that it was actually the women who traditionally grew the rice for domestic consumption and then exchanged the surplus for other goods or services . |
| 10 | Using skilled tutors , such as Mary Adams from Cambridge , who shared in the group-listening sessions and then extended the broadcast themes through discussion and supplementary material , the BBC programmes at Harrold and Goldington led directly to longer courses . |
| 11 | Carol and Melissa pushed the twins across the road and then lifted the pushchair over the shop doorstep . |
| 12 | David Hagen , meanwhile , played from the start for the first time in Rangers ' colours and scored after he had knocked the ball over Tortolano 's head inside the penalty box , killed it on his chest and then struck a volley beyond Burridge . |
| 13 | She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion . |
| 14 | ‘ He first registered Eva as a missing person and then got a judge to issue an order to seek and find her , ’ explains Glynn . |
| 15 | Explains Nick : ‘ Dad said he 'd be there and then got a call from Brussels to talk about herring quotas or something . |
| 16 | ‘ Dad had said he 'd be there and then got a call from Brussels to talk about herring quotas or something , ’ says Nick . |
| 17 | ‘ I was on the dole for three months and then got a job . |
| 18 | They put water through the window and then got the door down , just knocked it down . |
| 19 | BANK girl Jill Joyce was the victim of three bank raids in 18 months — and then got the sack . |
| 20 | Their mothers had brought them in and then got the hell out soon after we started work , staying only to witness the methodical unravelling of the soaked bandages . |
| 21 | Next , he sang about ‘ Wine Flowing in the Garden of Eden ’ and then got the audience swaying gently from side to side to the tune of ‘ My Jane , my Pretty Jane ’ . |
| 22 | Deemed delicious , he ate the lot and then had a cheese omelette and pronounced himself satisfied , having only had a nasty old British rail sandwich en route . |
| 23 | ‘ That wis my mother 's name , Goad rest her soul , ’ said the man for the fourth time and then had a flash of inspiration . |
| 24 | This operation ( 1960 ) seriously delayed him , for it left one eye permanently damaged , and he was in the Purey-Cust nursing home by the minster in York and then had a convalescence of several weeks . |
| 25 | She do n't , she do she i she er finished her eightieth birthday and then had a stroke . |
| 26 | To her amazement he took this like a lamb , and then had the effrontery to say that it had been a pleasure working with a businesswoman like her , and if there was anything else he could help her with , she only had to ask ! |
| 27 | All I said was that I thought it was a judgement from God that Blyth had first lost his leg and then had the replacement become the instrument of his downfall . |
| 28 | If it had n't been for Matthew — " She bit her lip , and then continued a moment later , " It was odd how I met him . |
| 29 | Straight off Concorde from the United States following a lecture tour , she visited The Daily Telegraph 's party at the Savoy Hotel , and then continued the night at a party in Westminster given in her honour by her old friends Lord McAlpine and Sir Gordon Reece . |
| 30 | One paced with long-legged strides behind an impressive desk and every now and then ran a hand through his tangle of salt and pepper hair . |