Example sentences of "then [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as speaking three languages , Danielle could listen to a tune , then sit at the piano and play it note perfect . |
| 2 | The program displays a black outline drawing and your child simply uses the mouse to choose a colour and then points at the area to fill in . |
| 3 | At the beginning of his translation , Mannyng appeals to the reader : His vivid description of the Crucifixion both stresses Christ 's willingness — he climbs the ladder to mount the cross , then turns at the top , laying himself vulnerable and open as he stretches out his arms and back against it — and rams home the shock of pain as the nails are driven in . |
| 4 | On 1 March 1325 Edward III issued letters patent embodying the terms of a settlement , which was then ratified at the parliament of Northampton in May . |
| 5 | She rubbed a hand over the leafy belly , then plucked at the growth , tore it gently open , as if parting the folds of a shirt . |
| 6 | Further questionnaires are then completed at the end of the eight-week programme and at three months follow-up . |
| 7 | If this card is an instruction card it must be obeyed by the person asking the question , the instruction card is then placed at the bottom of the pack , instruction cards are ren randomly mixed with the question cards and can change directions of play , make you give to the player to the left one of your cards etcetera , if a player has more than it does n't say . |
| 8 | The main and ribber carriages are then placed at the end of the needlebed . |
| 9 | I 'm going to work on a revolutionary kagoul that pulls itself on like the hood of a Chevy convertible , and then recedes at the touch of a button . |
| 10 | This paper then looks at the characteristics of the people who spent some or all of their time in such homes and at the care they got from general practitioners , community nurses and hospitals . |
| 11 | It then looks at the impact on users of social services and social work departments . |
| 12 | She is silent for a moment , then looks at the children playing . |
| 13 | She then trained at the Medau School under the talented Irmela Doebner and some months after qualifying decided to come to England , and with the help of a postgraduate at Cambridge arranged to give a display at Newham College . |
| 14 | ‘ He put his foot between the two bottom rungs of the ladder and then caught at the upright to save himself from staggering . |
| 15 | He jerked his head up , startled by her voice , then winced at the pain resulting from the sudden movement . |
| 16 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 17 | She looked out over the smudged white landscape of Regent 's Park , then peered at the road below . |
| 18 | He blinked at Herr Nordern , then peered at the document and began to read aloud , in a hoarse voice : ‘ By Order of the Minister of Justice , I , the Chief of Police of the City of Berlin … ’ |
| 19 | He then knelt at the block like a priest before his prie dieu . |
| 20 | So that 's that 's the way to use that is not to talk to it but to have a silence while you 're writing er and then to stand at the side while you making the points that are that are associated with what you 've written up . |
| 21 | She now turned and , gathering up the coat , the blouse and the skirt , and the black hat , she threw them behind the couch , saying , ‘ See you tomorrow , my dears ; ’ then looking at the child , she said , ‘ Well now , you 're dry , you said , ’ and , taking her hand , led her across the room and into the original large , stone-floored kitchen , and from there into an equally large pantry . |
| 22 | There is no doubt that the site then secured at the top of the Carrickblacker Road was the best of all those they had considered . |
| 23 | When the boy , as she had thought of the youth but who was actually seventeen , came into the room he needed no urging to sit at the table ; then grinning at the child , he said , ‘ What 's your name ? ’ |
| 24 | I believe Smeeton was then serving at the Admiralty , he was not a member of 800X Squadron . ’ |
| 25 | I jumped and slid down the slope of the dune into its shadow , then turned at the bottom to look back up at those small heads and bodies as they watched over the northern approaches to the island . |
| 26 | She started to leave , but then turned at the doorway and said : |
| 27 | The big man gave me an approving nod , then gestured at the suitcases . |
| 28 | The beamed sitting room has an open fire and the appropriately named ‘ honesty bar ’ where guests are invited to help themselves to drinks , and then record their indulgences on a slate — charges are then made at the end of the visit . |
| 29 | Sadly many reports then die at the distribution stage . |
| 30 | The car reversed into one warden , and then drove at the other , who had to jump onto the bonnet to avoid being hurt . |