Example sentences of "and then [vb base] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this extension , the waves cross , mutually focus each other , re-expand and then separate leaving Minkowski space between them to the future . |
| 2 | It 's no good expecting your child to let you know where he or she is and then get hopping mad when they ring at three in the morning . |
| 3 | My approach is to research the zoology of the various creatures , the ecology , chemistry , and physical properties of the sea , and then try to mimic these conditions as far as possible in a home aquarium . |
| 4 | Obviously you can not know in advance which type of mat will be used at a particular tournament , so you should do your final training on any type of mat , just to get used to the feel , and then try to use any free time you may have on the actual competition areas to get a little practice in beforehand . |
| 5 | Do this next exercise and then try to hold all your senses in listening expectancy in your future writing . |
| 6 | In the gym the weights must be light and movements explosive ; for example you could see how many repetitions you can perform in 10 seconds and then try to beat that amount . |
| 7 | Some children get worried or feel uncomfortable because they fail to chew and then try to swallow large lumps of food which cause them to gag and vomit . |
| 8 | Thus , the partners should decide what each needs to do to improve the relationship and then attempt to make these changes , without the behaviour of one being entirely contingent on whether or not the other partner does what was agreed . |
| 9 | He would order the androids to suppress all dissent and extinguish all opposition , and then return to become supreme ruler of the Althosian system . |
| 10 | So in practice it 's easier to measure the alkalinity and then back-calculate to get that and hence the P H than to actually try and measure the P H directly from sea water . |
| 11 | Finish your wine , ’ he said easily as he handed back her glass , ‘ and then go get some sleep . ’ |
| 12 | I then twist the plate forty five degrees and then keep doing that and Paul , can you see the ink taken up on the grooves there ? |
| 13 | How dared this man think that he could just move back into her life — after five long years — and then begin treating this place as if it were his own home ? |
| 14 | I do n't want her beating it and then have to pick all fat off it ! |
| 15 | Labour Governments are always constrained by cost considerations and by the financial disasters brought on by all the spending commitments that they claim are priorities and then have to jettison one by one . |
| 16 | just having the discipline to sit down and make sure that we e , do actually work this out and then do cover all the areas . |
| 17 | Gravity has a similar effect ; a spaceship could skip close to a black hole for what would seem to be a short period of time and then emerge to find that , for the rest of the Universe , millions of years had passed . |
| 18 | Part-ex and all the rest of it , did the deal , negotiated , and said right what we want to do , is Saturday morning , she thinks she 's going to come down and look at a decent second-hand one , and I want you to take the part , take the brand new car off and all the rest of it , and then say take that one for a test drive , which is mine , all taxed up and gassed up and all the rest of it , and we 'll disappear in the moonlight . |