Example sentences of "then at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile , Sir Richard Terry , first at Downside Abbey and then at the newly-built Westminster Cathedral , did important work .
2 Part One ( Chapters 1 to 6 ) looks at the tools needed for plumbing and then at the various pipes and fittings used for the majority of jobs .
3 That way people could stare at him as much as they wanted to and as much as he wanted them to ; then at the crucial moment he would lift his face and turn those famous eyes on his chosen suitor for the evening .
4 Then at the crucial point which only his body can decide , either he 'll drop ’ — she slapped the table — ‘ down to normal inside of a few hours , or his temp .
5 They have irresponsibly encouraged people to withhold payment , and then at the eleventh hour they have made payments , leaving those poorer people who were foolish enough to follow their appalling example to face the consequences of now owing a lump sum .
6 In the middle , humping up the roof like an ungainly pillar , stood the death of William Egan at the hands of Terry Place ; at one end , like a bearing wall , was the whole dead Pitt family , and then at the other end there sprouted , surprisingly , as a kind of ante chapel , the death of the student , Malcolm Kincaid .
7 Suppose the wage rate for the economy is : then at the individual level in Fig. 10–6(a) the equilibrium income leisure choice is at point 1 .
8 Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him .
9 It was D'Oyly Carte , of Gilbert and Sullivan fame , who invited César Ritz , then at the Grand Hotel , Monte Carlo , to come to London and take charge of his recently opened Savoy Hotel .
10 Then at the appropriate moment , he unfurled a battered black umbrella , shielding his camera as he came down from the car .
11 They looked about them a bit hazily and then at the bleeding half-thing that had been the young boy and scuttled into a corner .
12 Then at the right moment the two beams of particles could be brought together to collide .
13 I cleared the bar at the first height , then at the second height , but on the third attempt I knocked the bar over .
14 he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing …
15 But how were they to ensure survival in the game , and then at the highest level ?
16 Looking first of all then at the operational performance of the aircraft , you have told us already in written answers that in the light of the changed security situation you have relaxed the Eurofighter requirement .
17 Unlike his cousin , Alexander 's nephew , Sidney Gilchrist Thomas [ q.v. ] , with whom he was to collaborate , Percy received a complete education , first at Felsted School , and then at the Royal School of Mines ( 1868–71 ) , where he trained as a metallurgist and analytical chemist and was Murchison medallist in July 1870 .
18 He spent like four hours or something with the attorney general and with these three other staff over there … and they spent most of the time talking about all aspects of the Iran initiative and so forth , and then at the very end Meese pulled out that April memo … and said , ‘ what about this ? ’
19 She looked at his broad back , then at the short trousers , and smiled to herself , returning her attention to her coffee .
20 and erm I went to school at then at the later part of my life I went to Hemel Hempstead and then I left only for four months and went to er work for an ironmonger at ten shillings a week .
21 She had laughed then at the vivid imagination of the child , but now for a brief moment she saw the city as Maggie saw it , basking in the first rays of the sun and oblivious to the dangerous mist below that might suck it in before it could wake up and take wing against the now blue blue sky .
22 He was educated at home , and at the King Jan Sobieski Gymnasium in Cracow , then at the Jagiellonian University , where he studied physics , mathematics , and philosophy , gaining his doctorate in the last subject ‘ with the highest imperial honours ’ in 1908 .
23 The constable looked at Luke 's implacable face , then at the growing crowd that was beginning to re-group .
24 What if the Thou has gone over to the She : are the two then at the same level of estrangement from the I ?
25 Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income .
26 Now , if you 're going to er er er er want everything and then at the same time , want to reduce the budget , then I think you 're like the man who wanted a cake an and you 'll find that he wanted to eat it , so I think you 've got to come to terms and be realistic .
27 ‘ We talked about it , but then at the last minute we thought of the Bahamas .
28 She held the letter over the basket , ready to consign it to being thrown away , and then at the last minute snatched it back and put in in her desk .
29 Then at the last minute she swung round , her heart bursting inside her , just in time to see him disappear through the terrace doors .
30 But then at the last moment I drifted wide .
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