Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She grabbed the chairback , her head thick with drugged sleep , then lowered herself to the floor and sat there cross-legged . |
| 2 | The boy looked up at the plane , then threw himself to the ground . |
| 3 | And feeling them , he had stopped swimming , thrown a wordless curse at the sky , then surrendered himself to the black cold beneath the surface of the moat . |
| 4 | The mother 's face crumpled up and withered , then corrected itself to the expression of one who is in the right . |
| 5 | She went upstairs to change after luncheon and then took herself to the chair by her bedroom hearth , and said she should want nothing further , all afternoon . |
| 6 | I took this down to the town hall the following day and then set myself to the most urgent task in hand : trying to find another job . |