Example sentences of "[noun sg] and then [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 2 | Experiment of speaking name aloud into machine and then finding face in image made by sound-waves . |
| 3 | playing golf this morning having a posh lunch and then playing golf this afternoon then having a buffet supper with prize giving . |
| 4 | Erm Romans verse and verse four you notice this text is taken from verse twelve , rejoice in the hope and then persevering prayer , but if you go into verse four , what it 's speaking about there , but just as we have in one body many , members , but the members do not all have the same function and then in six to eight he goes on to describe that we all have gifts do n't we differing according to the undeserved kindness given to us , whether er so forth and so faith , ministry , erm teaching , exhorting , all these different gifts , though sometimes if a particular brother or sister does n't have a particular gift and we think well you know that 's a bit hard going I ca n't seem to listen to them , that 's an area perhaps where we could erm be quivering could n't we , or complaining , especially about assignments , you might get speakers that come here from other congregations , and some are better than others are n't they ? |
| 5 | Tens of thousands of Haitians responded to news of the coup attempt by taking to the streets where , armed with machetes and clubs , they paralysed the capital by building and then setting fire to barricades . |
| 6 | Someone once described this as sorting out the knots in the knitting and then taking pride in wearing the jumper . |
| 7 | He was a director of Macmillan for ten years , first running their secondary schools division and then becoming Group Electronic Publishing Director . |
| 8 | It is n't giving away much of the story to say that Miranda at first sees her mother 's behaviour — alternately doing everything she can to please her husband and then screaming rage at him for letting her down — as a clear example of women 's oppression . |
| 9 | Er , I , well , they 're referred to as instruction in one place and then processing specification in another . |
| 10 | Therapists and groups of clients berate individuals for their past behaviour and values , pushing them to the point of breakdown and then offering relief in the form of acceptance by the new therapeutic ‘ family ’ , which in turn means volunteer work or financial contribution to the vertically integrated therapy empire . |
| 11 | Many do not recognise the irony of liking the band because of their ordinariness and then venerating Gedge by asking him to sign the cover of a single . |
| 12 | If we have ( say ) two circuits then the forces upon each other may be calculated by determining first the magnetic field over all space and then applying eqn ( 3.90 ) . |
| 13 | There is not point , for instance , in having accurate interpretation and then serving pork chops to elderly Muslim patients . |
| 14 | It was a spectator sport where young men would show their courage by standing in the path of the maddened bull and then leaping side at the last moment . |
| 15 | Kelly saved United minutes before the interval stopping an Anderton shot and then foiling defender Colin Calderwood . |
| 16 | They then progressed to half-pass ; coming up the centre line and then performing half-pass towards E. Jennie told Katharine to keep her inside leg on the girth , as the horse should bend in the direction of the movement , as opposed to leg-yielding where the horse keeps in a straight line . |
| 17 | In places I put the colour on in a wash , either by crayoning onto the design and then adding water , or by taking the paint off the crayon direct with a brush . |