Example sentences of "then [vb past] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crown counsel said Alan Murray also denied everything at first and then admitted joining the UVF , while Craig said he was put under pressure to keep various items but denied he was a member of any illegal organisation . |
| 2 | They heard and then stopped heading the wind breathing in the trees overhead and the stream rustling in the valley . |
| 3 | He then tried propping the others up on the climbing frame but they kept falling off . |
| 4 | With one hand he removed the hay and with the other held her shoulder , then tried stuffing the wisps down the front of her laced bodice . |
| 5 | She struggled into Penry 's thick white sweatshirt , rolled the ludicrously long sleeves back , then began tidying the bed . |
| 6 | Mrs Holt then began answering the phone to protect her daughter and received similar calls from Cardwell on February 7 and 9 . |
| 7 | All of us watched as he poured some of the clear liquid into each of our bowls and then began kneading the tobacco to put in a chillim . |
| 8 | The kid began to laugh and steam up the window-pane , then started slapping the glass with a tiny hand leaving greasy fingerprints . |
| 9 | The children then started arranging the boxes to make the train . |
| 10 | In one classroom , the gunman divided the students by sex to separate sides of the room and then started shooting the women . |
| 11 | In one classroom , the gunman divided the students by sex to separate sides of the room and then started shooting the women . |
| 12 | Spurs then started knocking the ball around nicely from the back and succeeded in creating quite a few gaps . |
| 13 | The voice of the controller came clearly through the headphones , and she waved a hand in acknowledgement , then started winding the programme up . |
| 14 | I then suggested putting the Carnarvons on F.E. This was quite effective — a countess on the doorstep brought F.E. in at once . |