Example sentences of "then [verb] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man did n't need telling twice , and as the boy began to follow him , Connor suddenly remembered : at some time during the evening , when the saloon till ran short of change , he had put in some silver of his own and taken out a fiver — then stuffed it in a pewter tankard on the shelf for safekeeping . |
| 2 | Eugene Forster paused , raised one of his bushy eyebrows , then slowly and deliberately , with the wisdom of previous experience , finished the whisky , drew one last time on the cigar then plunged it with a hiss into the water , before he took the ‘ phone . |
| 3 | He scratched under his bag wig , knocking it askew , then straightened it in a fussy way , all the time fidgeting in his seat as if the bugs were biting there too . |
| 4 | He calmed the animal , quickly inspected it , then led it to a second , checked this animal too for wounds and led it to Wynne-Jones . |
| 5 | However if a chick is first imprinted on a yellow flashing light , it will then prefer it to a red one . |
| 6 | Sheldukher raised the weapon and then lowered it with a sigh . |
| 7 | This means you get the debt guaranteed by a bank in the buyer 's country , then sell it at a discount to another bank . |
| 8 | To serve , ease the mousse away from the edges of the mould , then invert it onto a serving plate and shake firmly to release the mousse . |
| 9 | Having cleaned the mirror surface as well as you can , you must then cover it with a sheet of clear glass cut to the same size , that has also been well cleaned . |
| 10 | MOTORSPORT : Benetton will give their B193 Formula One car its racing debut at next week 's South African Grand Prix — and then replace it with an even newer model after just three races . |
| 11 | Its journalists then re-founded it as an independent paper [ see p. 38372 ] . |
| 12 | Spread out the seaweed into the shape in which it is to be pressed while still in the water , then slowly lift it out of the basin , keeping it flat , let it drip for a while and then place it on a waterproof surface . |
| 13 | Fuqua Industries first estimated the cost of capital for the corporate group using CAPM principles and then modified it for a division by reference to fourteen key risk elements . |
| 14 | The official was convicted of criminal damage for ramming the craft with a motorboat , then whacking it with a shovel . |
| 15 | Melcarek and Brown then used it for a study of the effects of chill stress on both prompt and delayed fluorescence . |
| 16 | THE French count who is to marry the Princess of Wales ' stepmother , Raine , Countess of Spencer , said yesterday he felt ‘ totally abused ’ by people who rented his chateau then used it for a porn film . |
| 17 | A YOUNG thug killed a complete stranger with a baseball bat — then used it in a park game with his pals , a jury heard yesterday . |
| 18 | It stood about patiently until a crust dropped , then approached it with a sideways hopping motion and began to tear it . |
| 19 | He actually came into Frankfurt in his hired BMW , then changed it for a Mercedes . |
| 20 | Instead of this he left her to think of a solution and then rejected it as an inappropriate translation . |
| 21 | In Benny 's house , where she was considered a very pampered only child , she had to borrow the kitchen radio and then perch it on a chair because there was n't any socket near enough to her bed to plug it in . |
| 22 | First , you sterilise the water with one of the purification tablets supplied , then filter it through a carbon filter to produce drinkable water for tea , coffee , cold drinks or just for cleaning your teeth . |
| 23 | Let the egg dry and then cover it with a layer of varnish to make sure all the edges stay firmly stuck down . |
| 24 | Troy logs the information for research purposes , then retransmits it to an inventory distribution centre , where more computers decide what restocking is needed at Auburn Hills . |
| 25 | The Terrier man then kills it with a small pistol . |
| 26 | In these conditions , the type of homosexuality that is mediated through pop music can only go just so far : in a perfect paradigm , Frankie Goes to Hollywood exploited the gay image of lead singers Paul Rutherford and Holly Johnson — for ‘ Relax ’ — and then dropped it like a hot potato as soon as another marketing device — this time , nuclear war became available for ‘ Two Tribes ’ . |
| 27 | Yeah , get it downloaded on disk and then put it on a P C downstairs . |
| 28 | Having described the setpoint theory in convincing detail , Bennett and Gurin then put it in a historical context . |
| 29 | He then holed it for a three . |
| 30 | Charles cut the hair up to the nape of the neck at the back , then graduated it into a flattering , face-framing bob . |