Example sentences of "then [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Did allright for three weeks , but then my twat of a goalkeeper let in 4 and my strikers played like donkeys .
2 If the current proposals are not informed by an accurate assessment of the attitudes of a representative sample for working-class school leavers and their families , then their relevance to the issue of access is unproven .
3 Moreover , if we were to attempt this , then getting an agreed set of principles approved by Parliament would open up conflicts as to the rights to be included , and if a new code was eventually passed then their existence alongside the European Convention would create confusion and cause additional difficulties for the courts .
4 Her utterly unquestioning faith in the Bible led her to believe that none could possibly be luckier or greater than those whom the love of God chooses , and if the love of God had chosen to choose the Jews , then their superiority over the rest of mankind could not possibly be doubted .
5 But if Bollinger 's phylloxera-free vines in Aÿ are a puzzle , then their patch on the edge of Bouzy is even more astounding .
6 We consider first the extent of accumulation for bequests and then its division among the next generations ( these decisions may of course be interdependent ) .
7 If scholars in the host country can establish with authority that English really can facilitate neutral , objective statements then its value on the world market is correspondingly increased .
8 He heard the bolt slide from the attic door , then her tread on the stairs and the muffle of voices as she reached the upper room .
9 Since then her work with the band has taken her on a Scottish tour which included the Edinburgh Folk Festival , and she also performs with the four other ladies who make up Belfast 's first close-harmony vocal group ‘ Cuigear Ban ’ .
10 She 'd been so preoccupied with first the tragedy , and then her concern for the twins ' welfare , that she had n't given any thought to the future .
11 He studied the hand , then her face for a couple of seconds as if mildly amazed that she should wish to touch him .
12 Then her status as a functioning person is well and truly threatened and she is bereft of much beside the loss of her husband .
13 Much more serious , Nijinsky 's summer holiday and then his preparation for the St Leger had both been painfully interrupted by an attack of ringworm , which cost him almost all his hair .
14 If ( as he may well have done ) he thought that he was the Messiah , then his choosing of the twelve would seem to have been a symbolic action , through which he should indicate to people who he was .
15 Grant 's heart leapt into his mouth and he was convinced Larsen was going to lose his nerve , then his grip on the rope , to plummet down to an unthinkable death .
16 Since then his career in the West has gone from strength to strength . ’
17 Since then his disenchantment with the West appears to have grown .
18 Then our picnic on the hill by the Old Observatory . ’
19 If someone said , ‘ just taking £5 off you , ’ and said they ‘ knew me son ’ and all that rigmarole and ‘ so I gave them £5 ’ , then your knowledge of the law came out immediately .
20 It is then your task as the seller 's conveyancer to transfer the information from the questionnaire to the information form .
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