Example sentences of "then [noun sg] [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Then Boy cut to a black and white film in which a good man comes back from the war in uniform and finds his wife hostessing a party in black satin with orchids , and he throws out her gin-drinking friends , and she says to them , laughing but then not laughing at all , my husband would like to be alone with me . |
2 | Then attention switched to a Superintendent Miller of pugnacious appearance , who described in clipped and guarded police-speak how twenty-year-old Samantha Abberley had been abducted nine days previously . |
3 | 3 [ H ] thymidine-labelled THP-1 cells , pretreated with 10mgml heat-aggregated human IgG , were allowed to adhere for 35min at 37°C , then ATP added to a final concentration of 20μM . |
4 | Then life retreats to the equatorial zones , though there is little doubt that the ice-bound regions of such eras are far from devoid of life , any more than the Arctic and Antarctic zones are today . |
5 | Typical of these is the Welsh three-course rotation : oats , either autumn or spring sown ; followed by mangolds or swedes ; and then barley undersown to a long ley . |
6 | If the plan is not carried , then expenditure reverts to a pre-specified reversion level . |
7 | They ordered dinner , then conversation turned to the play , and for once Marianne lost centre stage as Josh began talking about his own work and the hopes he had for it . |