Example sentences of "then [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A third approach is evident in cases which accept in principle extensive review for error of law which flows from Anisminic and O'Reilly , but which then qualify it in varying ways . |
| 2 | She then draped it with vivid red silk , secured in place with a glue gun . |
| 3 | He then transports them to earthly space for human use . |
| 4 | It is wiser to undertake this systematically by booking out copies of the originals from LIFESPAN and then reconstituting them into new modules as required . |
| 5 | Worrall gave it , then disallowed it for offside but the linesman changed his mind after Pickering made a long appeal and Worrall then allowed the goal . |
| 6 | He 'd then possibly forgotten these dreams or fantasies and then when the stimulus of feeling something on the back of his neck happened to him whilst asleep , suddenly the fantasy came back , all as a piece as it were , and it occurred to me that your dream about driving off viaducts might be caused by being asleep , having one of these falling experiences , then relating it to previous thoughts you 'd had , you know on the freeway or something , oh my God , how awful it would be if I , if I drove off that bend below , do you know what I mean ? |
| 7 | He would then pack them in wooden barrels , till he had a truck load , and then would send them direct from Plowden Station to the dye works where they were used . |
| 8 | He 'd lied about Tara , lied about Nicola Schreider … assured her she was n't his type then pursued her with consummate skill until his ego was satisfied that she was ripe for seduction … |
| 9 | As his own name shrivelled in the heat , he dropped the envelope into the ashtray and watched it burn to a husk , then prodded it into tiny fragments with the extinguished match . |
| 10 | When inserting posts or stakes into the ground for use as fence supports , good rigidity can be ensured by inserting the post through the centre of a four-litre plastic ice cream carton , then filling it with concrete mix . |
| 11 | They sprayed the subjects with cold water when they were undoubtedly in REM sleep , and then woke them after varying intervals of a few minutes . |
| 12 | The first person in each team places it on their nose and then passes it to other members of the team without using their hands . |
| 13 | You had different , different companies do the , do the job so you used to get say I mean th you get a receiver for that cargo , well it , perhaps he got so much for receiving that cargo , then that was his job then to allocate it to different people but he , cos that was another job for him which you do n't do now . |
| 14 | We write it out in longhand , each of the 700 or so entries on individual sheets of A4 paper and then put them into alphabetical order . ’ |
| 15 | But why should speakers or writers actually plan to say something in one way and then put it in other words in order to ensure the intended interpretation ? |
| 16 | Oh I just boiled the ends a bit and erm and then put it in deep water . |
| 17 | For example , you can form a curve in a stalk by positioning it in the required shape and then securing it with tiny pieces of tape for the first couple of days of pressing . |
| 18 | Will the Minister release MOD votes to allow local authorities , in collaboration with the MOD , to bring empty housing owned by the local authorities and the MOD up to acceptable standards and then transfer it to local authority control for the express purpose of providing homes to ex-service personnel ? |
| 19 | He then showed her with great pride some utterly appalling objects which were used to persuade customers to buy their products . |
| 20 | Even more remarkably , they do not digest the nematocysts along with the rest of the sea anemone , but collect them in their stomachs and then pass them along narrow channels lined by motile hairs which move the contents of the channel in one direction only , and which lead from the stomach to tiny pouches situated near the periphery of the papillae . |
| 21 | The patient might tell you what if , if the casualty was still able to talk , they might be able to give you the history of how they became like they were , received a blow , got kicked , fell onto something hard , okay and so on and so on , they might be able to tell you themselves , give some indication , right , you would remove and loosen off all tight clothing , okay , loosen off the clothing for them and then treat them for shock and then refer them to urgent medical attention , nil by mouth on any account , okay ? |
| 22 | He would make me look at pictures and then reproduce them with coloured pencils , or else ask me to rotate a figure mentally a certain number of degrees around a given perpendicular before attempting to redraw it . |
| 23 | At that stage the divisional officer may have taken it away from the domestic scene , and er put it through to Glasgow if it was the , if the employer was a member of the employers ' association , he would then take it to local conference . |
| 24 | Streat congratulated MacArthur on his ‘ momentous ’ achievements and then warned him against encouraging Japanese competition to the point where strong antagonism was aroused in western and eastern countries . |
| 25 | Think about these points in the story and then discuss them with other people . |
| 26 | I think the second sort of problem , that you referred to , you have these quite sharp contrasts between the sort of Gatwick erm Crawley area spreading out , where you 've got a young population erm and the coast , where you 've got an ageing population — how does the county allocate its resources and how does it above all , having built schools in Gatwick in Crawley , then convert them to teenage centres and so on . |
| 27 | This time they rested on her shoulders , then pulled her with gentle and insistent strength into the wall of his chest . |
| 28 | The funds were often borrowed by speculators who then reinvested them in strong currencies in the expectation of revaluations , a hideous spiral by which central banks were providing funds to speculators who stood to make a profit from them if the currency was revalued . |
| 29 | He is not a neutral observer who first learns to define Truth and then applies it to different aspects of life . |
| 30 | If the container held cooking oil , scrub it out well with detergent , then rinse it in clean water and dry it . |