Example sentences of "then [verb] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot borrowed from it for The Waste Land , thus making it permanently famous ; Pound could not have known of it in 1911 , but if he had then visited the Templars ' cavern-church in Aubeterre he could hardly have failed to remember it in the light of jessie Weston 's argument . |
| 2 | Their voices and laughter then filled the shearers ' quarters as the two raft parties held a post-mortem on the trip while they ate . |
| 3 | At sixteen he was employed at Bligh 's engineering works in Limehouse , and he then joined the Mechanics ' Institute . |
| 4 | Le Saux then threatened the visitors ' goal with a piercing run which Alan Harper ended with a cynical body check . |
| 5 | They will then get the governors ' action plans , which will be the results of all this . |
| 6 | But the effect seemed diluted as he then toured the docks ' cold store which was stuffed full of apples . |
| 7 | All that is needed is to specify clearly those occasions when there is a strong danger that directors may be tempted to act in their own self-interest and then to make the shareholders ' consent necessary in those circumstances . |