Example sentences of "and then to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He enjoys his food and wine , but disallows its enjoyment to distort the image which is important chiefly to himself , and then to his public . |
| 2 | The basic design derives from the Italian Serlio 's Libro Extraordinario of c.1550 , and the arch is attributed to Giovanni Maria Filippi , who was court architect first to Rudolf II and then to his brother Matthias . |
| 3 | Her measuring glance moved to the corner of his mouth , where the line of his lips was prolonged in a short red scar , and then to his cheek-bone , which bore a suggestive blue stain . |
| 4 | Bewildered by the holocaust of events , by death that had suddenly changed a world , he began apologising , first to the policemen : ‘ I do n't know what to say , his best man to die like that … ’ and then to his son : ‘ I 'd give my right hand to have things different , Jack . |
| 5 | In the late 1640s and early 1650s , they lent their military support first to Charles and then to his son , the future Charles II , on condition that once the throne had been regained a Presbyterian church would be imposed upon the English . |