Example sentences of "then [verb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was she having a sly laugh at his expense , talking nonsense and then cornering him with a sudden question ? |
| 2 | She then stabbed him with a butcher 's knife hidden in the bouquet . |
| 3 | All the forceful tact Aunt Tossie possessed was needed to convince Dada that only champagne , the best champagne , would be appropriate to the occasion , and then to compel him into the stony depths of the cellars to root with Twomey along the half-empty bins where forgotten treasures spoiled . |
| 4 | He clawed at the broken wheel that first dragged him across , then pinned him to the road . |
| 5 | Another guard frisked him expertly then led him up the steps into the house . |
| 6 | I tucked a ten-dollar bill into the pocket of his jacket , while he tried to wave my arm away , then clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 7 | He remembered how Izzy Kleiber had fought and kicked right to the end — until the moment when they lifted him up , then lowered him over the outer wall of the harbour , where the greedy river licked its oily lips and waited , invisible in the darkness below … . |
| 8 | Jotan took a cup out of the page 's hands , then dismissed him with a flick of his head . |
| 9 | The dunnie , or doonie , most especially delights in taking an unsuspecting victim for a wild ride and then tossing him into a pile of mud or manure . |
| 10 | The carer then holds him in the same way as if he was sitting on the side of the bed , with his head resting on her shoulder , and lifts him up and round onto the second chair . |
| 11 | While the pub had been emptying of its customers , and Fritz had been covering down behind the counter , Mrs Nora had grabbed a broom and , holding it in both hands like a bat , had waited until the Turk had turned to face her — and then cracked him across the forehead . |
| 12 | The proposed closure at Cortonwood , Rotherham , in the heart of the militant Yorkshire Area , then provided him with the opportunity to launch a strike , under Rule 41 and the 1981 Yorkshire ballot , without , as he perceived it , any need for the potentially damaging national ballot which Rule 43 demanded . |
| 13 | Holmes then told him about the death of Sir Charles . |
| 14 | Mark then told him of the occasion when he had been driving down O'Connell Street some twenty or so years before , when he had inadvertently misunderstood the hand signals of the policeman on traffic duty , and had moved off before he had been cleared to do so . |
| 15 | Michael , indicating the stairs and implying that he had to go straight on , then directed him to the left , upon which he said quietly , if a trifle reproachfully : ‘ You said straight on ’ . |
| 16 | Nicholas knelt , then lifted him to the base of the wall and knelt again , to make certain . |
| 17 | And if Fido 's chewing the carpet , then put him on the couch . |
| 18 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 19 | He describes it as being initiated by the Burgundian king 's brother , Godegisel , who made secret overtures to Clovis , persuaded him to invade Burgundy , and then joined him on the battlefield . |
| 20 | She resisted for no more than a second , then joined him in the secret dark underneath . |
| 21 | But the Foss men were famously militant , they had been ever since a young minister with lordly tastes and little scholarship had been foisted on them by the laird twelve years before and they had first boycotted him , then run him down the road on a cart . |
| 22 | The next moment he was inside and she was closing the door behind him , then leading him along the narrow hallway towards the living-room . |
| 23 | The judge goes over the dog and then assesses him on the move , at the end of which the dog receives a written critique and a grading , which is symbolized by different coloured ribbons : red for first , blue for second and yellow for third . |
| 24 | ‘ Well today you had just better fix it so there wo n't be any damage , ’ she said , and then speared him with a saccharin smile . |
| 25 | Once the physiotherapist is confident that the patient has gained full control of his hemiplegic leg while making sideways steps , she then guides him through a sequence of forward steps , starting with the normal leg , transferring the weight onto that leg to move the hemiplegic leg , and maintaining good control of the pelvis during the movement . |
| 26 | He then threatened him with a shotgun . |
| 27 | He was pursued by the customer who had been threatened , who caught up with him and knocked him off his motorcycle ; the offender then threatened him with the gun . |
| 28 | Dave was led away by police who arrested then released him without a formal charge . |
| 29 | She smiled as she leaned over then kissed him on the cheek . |
| 30 | When Culley passed , Jackson gave him a count of ten , then followed him towards the departures gate . |