Example sentences of "[noun sg] then [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning , he set the two large pieces of the broken bowl to one side then began to sweep the tiny slivers of porcelain into a pile . |
| 2 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
| 3 | When the plaintiff 's employee then chose to accept the delivery note and deliver the goods his conduct constituted an unconditional acceptance of the last counter-offer and the defendan t's terms were held to apply . |
| 4 | Hampshire County Council then proposed to reopen the baths as a much-needed facility for local people living in nearby tower blocks . |
| 5 | The steering group then expanded to include the chief executives of Gwynedd County Council and Targed and the regional director of Welsh Water . |
| 6 | Two events of outstanding importance then helped to settle the fate of each ; the capital of the Roman empire was transferred to Byzantium , renamed Constantinople , and Christianity became the state religion . |
| 7 | When the plaintiff then attempted to remove the furniture the defendant forbade him to do so and stationed a policeman at the gate to make sure he did not . |
| 8 | Two of his victims successfully sued him and the plaintiff then tried to recover the damages from the defendant . |
| 9 | A crisis then unfolded involving a challenge to the leadership of Margaret Thatcher . |
| 10 | A policeman then had to bring the traffic in all three lanes to a standstill while the motorist and his passenger crossed to safety . |
| 11 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
| 12 | The door then opened to reveal an irritated householder who was about the business of blow-torching the other side of his front door . |
| 13 | The desperate man then attempted to hijack a taxi . |
| 14 | The crowd then proceeded to pull the place apart . |
| 15 | Having concluded that it was not possible accurately to assess industry 's wishes , the Report then proceeded to make a number of far-reaching recommendations . |
| 16 | The police officer then proceeded to caution the applicant again , as was his duty under paragraph 16.5 of the Code of Practice for the Detention , Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers ( ‘ Code C ’ ) published by the Secretary of State pursuant to powers conferred by section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 . |
| 17 | Budyko then proceeded to attempt a physio-geographical zonation of the earth and his approach has subsequently been developed by systems in which energy and moisture regimes are related to vegetation types ( e.g. Grigor'yev , 1961 ) , to genetic soil types ( e.g. Gerasimov , 1961 ) and later to geomorphic zonality ( Ye Grishankov , 1973 ) . |
| 18 | The client then had to ring a different number . |
| 19 | The Romanov family were marched into the basement of a house then turned to face a dozen executioners jostling in the doorway for room to shoot . |