Example sentences of "[coord] then [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexandra climbed carefully up the first side and then leaped from the top on to the grass below . |
| 2 | Zak 's intended scene of investigation into Angelica 's murder had been upstaged by the reality of the Lorrimores ' car and then aborted by the long stop at Thunder Bay . |
| 3 | He waited until Dickie had reached the foot of the stairs and then said in a very loud voice , ‘ Who is that fellow ? |
| 4 | He leaned forward as if he meant to kiss her and then said in a low voice , ‘ I 'm going to give you the name of a first-rate lawyer . ’ |
| 5 | Eleanor glanced from side to side and then said in a low voice , ‘ It 's all right … what I told you about . ’ |
| 6 | Well , it makes a very good tale , only I do n't know if I could remember any of it ’ He beamed on Taliesin , and then said in an aside to Fribble that he had never yet heard of a Tyrian who did n't judge his wine remarkably well . |
| 7 | An average ant colony might use around 12 different types of signal , most of them conveyed by means of chemical ‘ pheromones ’ secreted on to the ground by various glands and then sniffed in the air by other ants . |
| 8 | He winced at the memory as he hammered on the steel and then looked through the spy port . |
| 9 | She waited quietly , and then looked down the road . |
| 10 | Julia smiled at him and then looked across the round table at Anthony as though to persuade him to get Comfort to behave better , but either he misunderstood her signals or did not care enough , for he sat , watching his sister , laughing at her jokes and joining in her reminiscences . |
| 11 | ‘ Dead , ’ said Floy softly , and then looked at the Trees . |
| 12 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 13 | She hung on to the towelling and the scissors , and then looked around the dismal room to find a clean surface on which she could put them . |
| 14 | The rest of us watched them disappear among the trees and then continued on the broader path , climbing slowly . |
| 15 | I showed concern and then ran towards the stairs , but Didier stopped me . |
| 16 | The typewriter made a clicking sound and then ran towards the space station . |
| 17 | Adams stated that whilst he and Moore were at supper he saw an unusual light in the direction of the Body Shop but , instead of going to see what it was and turning on the water from the hydrants to endeavour to arrest the progress of the flames , he caused the alarm bell to be rung and then ran to the gate to admit the Fire Brigade . |
| 18 | The spell was broken , the pool was rippled from its serenity by the way he snapped instructions to her and then ran to the Administration block . |
| 19 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 20 | She fixed her bike among some bushes where it would n't be seen from the lane , and then ran along the grass-verge to the gap in the trees where the path began . |
| 21 | She watched him along the road and then ran in the opposite direction , singing a high , careless tune , breaking off now and again to laugh rather wildly , so that several people in the street turned to stare at her , surprised . |
| 22 | She found her own register in its usual place and then took from the ‘ Tuesday ’ pigeonhole the one marked ‘ Line Drawing and Water-colour ’ . |
| 23 | With a disbelieving shrug , he walked round to release the bonnet , and then glanced into the engine . |
| 24 | Davis touched his forelock and then glanced towards the Oaks , as though conscious that George 's eyes were fixed on him with a disturbing intensity . |
| 25 | He dropped the mercenary sword , tucked his axe in his belt and then strode over the cobbles to the unconscious girl . |
| 26 | We unpacked our bags , and then relaxed until the next morning . |
| 27 | The obvious conclusion is that , at some moment in the far past , the Universe was compacted into a very small volume — the ‘ cosmic egg ’ — and then exploded in a ‘ Big Bang ’ . |
| 28 | Discontent simmered and then exploded in the nationalist protests against Japanese rule in 1919 . |
| 29 | She married John Hymes , also of Chester , and then lived on a series of farms in this area and in Kent and Lincolnshire . |
| 30 | Don waved back and then gestured towards The Bell Inn where he was clearly heading . |