Example sentences of "[conj] then [pos pn] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the gene is isolated then it can be cloned — that is , large numbers of copies made — and then its nucleotide sequence determined . |
| 2 | She sensed his need to avenge that waiting , but she could n't form words to protest , pulled in to him , her mouth and then her breasts captive to the erotic magic of his lips and tongue , the writhing of her body an explicit demand for more . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't believe in the fatal decline of the written word , ’ says Mr Fontaine , ‘ but we are competing all the time — not so much against television , because the screen image and the printed word complement each other , as against magazines , and against the time people spend getting to work and then their leisure time — against music and the cinema . ’ |
| 4 | there was erm , men 's cloakroom on the left hand side and then our enquiry office was immediately on the right hand side . |
| 5 | Er , I used not to do that , I used to put everything in one list , and then my home telephone was cut off one time , er , because I just never regarded the personal things as being terribly important until , you know , I do n't have to pay well over a hundred quid to get the thing fixed again . |
| 6 | So we had this agreement I would al arrive in a removal van just as assembly finished to start the lessons in the morning and then my removal man would come back and pick me up again at twelve o'clock so that I could then do the two-man jobs . |
| 7 | And then my study Bible suggest that we read this . |
| 8 | Well sometimes if I 'm doing er say a sixty year old , to sixty five , he 's got his state pension to come in at sixty five , so even if the P E P has n't quite recovered , he might just decide to leave that where it is , and then his state pension comes in , his income is then made up , and off we go again . |
| 9 | His house was broken into , his fiancee was attacked while walking home and had her handbag snatched , and then his car window was smashed . |
| 10 | And then his iron control seemed to give way for a moment , his fingers clenching as he pulled her roughly against him . |