Example sentences of "then [vb base] they [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 2 | There they are able to make large fertiliser-based explosives unnoticed and then transport them into east London . |
| 3 | One idea of the well-known chef Robert Carrier is to hard boil eggs , cut them lengthways , and then decorate them in order to make animals ’ faces . |
| 4 | I was having a War at the time — the Mussels against the Dead Flies I think it was — and while I was in the library poring over the book and trying to keep my eyes open , soaking up all those damn silly Imperial measurements , the wind would be blowing my fly armies over half the island and the sea would first sink the mussel shells in their high pools and then cover them with sand . |
| 5 | To camouflage the ends , fill them with concrete or soil and then cover them with plants or rocks . |
| 6 | If you are using Chinese long beans , trim the ends and then cut them into 7.5cm/3in segments . |
| 7 | oh well not only that you 've got to fetch the potatoes , peel them , then cut them in pieces |
| 8 | The client , or the drafter , may be tempted to have strict terms and then relax them in practice , for instance by not insisting on their strict application . |
| 9 | You 've got to add the butter and the bacon and then fry them until crisp . |
| 10 | Mortimer Cropper 's graduate students were made to transcribe passages — usually from Randolph Henry Ash — transcribe again their own transcriptions , type them up , and then scan them for errors with a severe editorial eye . |
| 11 | We need a more active approach to the promotion of new knowledge provided by research … to carry out large numbers of research projects and then put them on shelves and in pigeon holes is appallingly wasteful , as is also the vast amount of information available in hundreds of central and local government reports published each year and then forgotten , and never collated or analysed within an overall framework of reference . |
| 12 | I think if one looks at life and says : ‘ If I was doing that job , what are the conditions I would like to work in ? ’ , and then put them into operation , people will probably think it 's about right . |
| 13 | 4 Meanwhile , pat salt into the ends of the marrow bones , then wrap them in muslin and tie with string . |
| 14 | You can write the text and draw illustrations using other applications packages and then import them into frames that are positioned and sized on the page . |
| 15 | If a frost-free greenhouse or shed is not available , place them on trays indoors for a week , then pack them in peat or vermiculite , or surround them with screwed-up newspaper . |
| 16 | People are being urged to bury large plastic cones in their gardens and then fill them with waste . |
| 17 | Cut the studs so that they are a snug push-fit between head and sole plate , then secure them by skew-nailing ( driving nails in at an angle ) |
| 18 | We can take data out of our files using AD ! and then feed them into manpower models ( the models themselves should soon also be AD ! ) . |
| 19 | They used to make like ornaments out of scrap things , you know oh they was alright , they , they used to bring them in a a lorry used to bring them er in a morning then collect them at night you know . |
| 20 | Ok , Time found hidden in a hard day , dry earth becomes a dance floor , audience of three fowl , the fourth along with a reaper turns it back , wooden shoes meant for mud , rug on dancing feet Erm the next one is the still life on , on with three puppies , while I was looking at Gaugin 's work I could n't help but notice he 's constantly struck by the fact that he use set of three symbols through out his work it seems , and very , very often three caricatures erm or lines of three or three objects and I found this very interesting , more point of view that something that I , I wanted to incorporate in my own work , but I wanted to find a line or a phrase to use in the same way , erm , all of my work starts as one or a series of visual images and , and I then turn them into characters , repeating a word or repeating a line would be a way of erm emphasising characterise erm and the puppies that are in this painting erm , they delighted my children so much , I do n't know if any of you know , do you know the painting of the three puppies |
| 21 | She pushed away the papers and rubbed at her eyes , she would have to visit the creditors , pay them a little of their money and then beg them for time to pay the rest . |
| 22 | Sprinkle the avocado slices with lemon juice , then arrange them with Mozzarella and tomato slices . |
| 23 | The patient might tell you what if , if the casualty was still able to talk , they might be able to give you the history of how they became like they were , received a blow , got kicked , fell onto something hard , okay and so on and so on , they might be able to tell you themselves , give some indication , right , you would remove and loosen off all tight clothing , okay , loosen off the clothing for them and then treat them for shock and then refer them to urgent medical attention , nil by mouth on any account , okay ? |
| 24 | Or did you imagine I did nothing else all day but case joints and then rob them at night ? ’ |
| 25 | Original plan was to load the aircraft on barges in the River Cart at Abbotsinch then float them to Greenock via the Clyde for transfer to the carrier anchored in midstream . |