Example sentences of "[conj] then a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | Well you see the , the , the great Soviet experiment is a good example is n't it of , of a whole civilization was based on a o o on a kind of great social experiment was based on ultimately on erm unsound principles and then a part of the scenes . |
2 | ‘ Soon he will be a husband and then a man of family and all will be serious , ’ I said . |
3 | She underwent a lumpectomy and then a course of radiotherapy , and was due to start drug treatment when she met another cancer patient . |
4 | She imagined the nozzle of an enema being pushed up there , and then a rush of water filling her bowels . |
5 | And then a rite of reconciliation for those who 've lapsed from church membership , or from the practice of their religion , and want to start again in a purposeful manner . |
6 | Er I drunk erm I think I drunk two two cans or maybe three cans of Scrumpy Jack and then a can of Supertricks and I was well gone I , I had to pass out . |
7 | ‘ And then a way of leaking out . ’ |
8 | He put out his hand to touch it , and then a wall of white water hit the ship , and he could see nothing . |
9 | " There ca n't be any worse , " she said bitterly , and then a look of contrition passed across her pretty face . |
10 | The bruise was a dull , greenish sickle of shadow just under the cheek-bone and then a comma of purple on the side of the nose , as if Culley had been wearing ill-fitting glasses . |
11 | Through the half-open door , into the dry , shrivelling heat of the great , evil-smelling room , there appeared branchlike shapes and then a fall of blood-stained , leaflike hair . |
12 | Not , however , a balanced diet made up of a bit of one and then a bit of the other , but an integration between the two . |
13 | And then a bit of a roundabout route coming back , trying to get a variety of road , and any areas of the drive which we can look at , we will , discuss amongst ourselves , practise one or two things , maybe one or two little techniques . |
14 | Cell suspensions were labelled by sequential incubations in anti- αβ TCR ( clone H.57–597 ; a gift from R. Kubo ) , followed by anti-hamster immunoglobulin biotin ( Caltag ) and then a cocktail of streptavidin APC , CD4-PE and CD8-FITC ( Becton-Dickinson ) . |
15 | A broad constitutional framework is created , with a limited number of mandatory requirements , some optional features and then a range of matters on which the framework operates unless the related contract specifically provides otherwise . |
16 | But after that , there was old age and an incompetent grandson and vassaldom under Canute and then a King of Alba who did half his ruling from Orkney . |
17 | Only by supplying something outside the poem — claims for intention , the ostensible participation of the language in recognisable ( and thus containable ) poetic conventions , the equation of Astrophil with Sidney and his love with Penelope Rich ( the sequence 's Stella ) and then a testing of the language 's claim against their history — could the referential quality of the poem 's language be critically maintained . |
18 | In 1802 Wordsworth produced eight stanzas in the manner of Thomson 's Castle of Indolence , which give first a self-portrait and then a description of Coleridge : |
19 | Having seen taxis north of Adrar , and then a couple of days ago , a convoy which had not so much as a compass , I had begun to think the desert not so terrible after all . |
20 | We had quite a lot of homework , so that those of us on a train journey involving an hour on either side of the school day , and then a couple of hours work , were not left with much free time . |
21 | He bought a small printing firm that had gone bankrupt , and because of contacts in the Labour Party and all kinds of left-wing political groups , soon had a bread-and-butter basis of pamphlets , brochures , tracts , leaflets , and then a couple of small newspapers . |
22 | And then it was the cu , we 'd payed that and then a couple of weeks after it was the phone and then it was the gas ! |
23 | It was done with a scornful glance at Keith and then a grin of agreement at Mrs Hollins . |
24 | In the old days , the bride 's bouquet would be displayed in the entrance of her house for a day or so , and then a sprig of myrtle would be removed and planted to grow into a nice little bush , a sentimental memento to flourish on her estate and murmur ‘ constancy ’ into her subconscious . |
25 | As ‘ Working Title ’ continue to expand and develop , it seems a good moment to look back at some of their prolific and varied output , and we will be screening a number of titles from ‘ MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE ’ through the powerful drama ‘ A WORLD APART ’ , scripted by Gillian Slovo , Ruth First 's daughter , and underrated films like ‘ PAPERHOUSE ’ to ‘ ROBIN HOOD ’ , scripted by John Mcgrath , and then a number of their new releases : ‘ EDWARD II ’ ( directed by Derek Jarman ) , ‘ DAKOTA ROAD ’ and ‘ DROP DEAD FRED ’ , which has been a huge box office hit in the States . |
26 | There were tough qualifying conditions in the heats : the first in each heat automatically and then a number of the fastest losers . |
27 | And then a jumble of words flashed across his face , causing cat-calls and boos in the half-empty cinema . |
28 | This was followed soon after by penicillin and then a host of other antibiotics , very many of which are or were effective in the treatment of gonorrhoea . |
29 | There was a clank , and then a rectangle of darkness whirred down very gently , like a lift without wires , and landed softly on the road . |
30 | Letters A-F could be paired with the symbols in Fig. 5.4 and then a string of random letters , say BCEFADDB etc , would be required to be coded by use of the relevant symbol . |