Example sentences of "then [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The mail was uniformly trivial , but he read it all and then stuffed the torn envelopes and their contents into his pockets for disposal elsewhere . |
2 | Next is a visit to the miniature village of Madurodam and then to see the picturesque harbour at Scheveningen . |
3 | So averaging two adjacent lines , then using the averaged line twice , is an acceptable compromise . |
4 | He was encouraged to assume this double burden by Arthur Ponsonby , the younger brother of Fritz , who after nine years in the Diplomatic Service had resigned to sit in the Commons as a Liberal ; finding his colleagues inadequately radical , Ponsonby had then joined the Labour Party and in January 1924 was installed at the Prime Minister 's elbow as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs . |
5 | So suppose that the result of the stress caused by shocking an animal in this way is the production of some hormone — for instance a peptide — which then produces the freezing behaviour . |
6 | I then checked the green box on the right-hand side of page 8 ( Help For The Hopeless ) . |
7 | I 'd then build the whole system , test it , then ship it out to them , and what happens ? |
8 | After releasing , slow right down , retrim the glider , and then raise the main wheel . |
9 | She carefully packed her case again , then scanned the tidy bedroom and bathroom with some satisfaction . |
10 | He corrected , then scanned the empty sea ahead of him . |
11 | I had not then heard the famous phrase . |
12 | She drew in a great sharp breath which shook her shoulders , then wiped the old man 's chin with a cloth . |
13 | The comedians then became the classic movie showmen of these early years . |
14 | A UK company was incorporated , which then became the holding company of a company set up to run the Dutch business . |
15 | In A.D. 325 the Emperor himself professed Christianity , which then became the official religion of the Roman Empire . |
16 | After five years , the initially reluctant southern states joined what then became the German Empire . |
17 | Squid and yellowtail then became the main species fished , but throughout the 1960s and 1970s the pattern was repeated as the yellowtail fishery began to show the familiar signs of overfishing , with catches decreasing despite increasing fishing efforts . |
18 | He then became the resident guitarist at ECM and therefore has played guitar for everyone in the modern movement : for example , Paul Bley , Mike Gibbs , Eberhard Weber , Paul Motian and Jan Gabarek . |
19 | The information is mostly of concern to the crew in the pilot 's cabin , who will then make the necessary course , altitude and speed corrections , and note items of equipment which may need a maintenance check , once the aircraft has reached its destination . |
20 | He then made the following comments , from his own observation ; it is the privilege of later generations to make a moral evaluation of a young man 's opinions . |
21 | King Charles , not to be outdone , then made the abandoned wife a duchess , the title to die with her . |
22 | Almost twenty years alter the incident Coleridge was persuaded by Byron to publish the poem , and he then made the sensational claim that he had been able to remember 200 to 300 lines of perfect poetry when he had awoken from a drug-induced sleep , and was busy writing them down when he was interrupted by someone from Porlock demanding to see him on business . |
23 | This then constitutes the physical interpretation of a geodesic in curved space–time , namely the path of a body in free fall . |
24 | The Building Control Officer then recommended the local council should grant a relaxation . |
25 | Then connect the new socket to the spur cable |
26 | Mr. Kenealy then asked the medical officer a number of specific questions about Miss Price 's work . |
27 | Such portraits were far removed , in appearance and in the moral authority they were intended to convey , from contemporary images of the Macedonian kings who then ruled the Hellenistic world : royal portraits suggested the physical attractions and hopes of youth . |
28 | If the times at which additions are expected can be predicted , it may be wise to hold additions in an ancillary file until each ‘ burst ’ of activity is over and then to reorganize the main file to include them . |
29 | This latter then circulates the fixed nitrogen to the rest of the plant . |
30 | They in turn had then received the green light from their respective governments . |