Example sentences of "and then [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Who cares as long as it 's the right answer , " Quiss said , shaking his head and then scratching his chin . |
| 2 | We closed rapidly and I opened fire at about 800 yards sighting a little high at first to allow for the distance and then dropping my bead to centre on the machine . |
| 3 | When he has mastered this type of movement kneeling , more advanced work might involve sitting on his heels and then shifting his weight towards his hemiplegic side to practise controlling his arm and the side of his trunk while some of his bodyweight is transmitted from side to side . |
| 4 | Deciding where to place your boat on the start line and then threading your way there through a crowded fleet is no mean feat , but Stuart Quarrie offers some tips |
| 5 | What you must avoid , in the case of the large breeds , is offering a big meal and then taking your dog out for some strenuous exercise . |
| 6 | It was now dusk but the old librarian had the sconce torches lit and gave Corbett what he had requested , a candle and a battered copy of the ‘ Sic et Non ’ , the brilliant satire on scholastic theology by the Parisian scholar , Abelard , who had lost his family as well as his testicles for ridiculing the theologians and then compounding his sin by falling in love with a woman . |
| 7 | In her years working with the Madam and then running her brothel she had come to know many , and she could usually spot their type . |
| 8 | The third , Vulcanian phase , also probably reflects this de-gassing process , with gas escaping from the magma below accumulating in the higher parts of the volcano , and then blasting its way to the surface . |
| 9 | ‘ Gas about posterity , ’ Edward said , making a sort of barking noise and then lighting his pipe . |
| 10 | And he 's bowling very well , he 's opposing , opposing all sorts of problems , but he 's also getting frustrated because of er the batsman technique of going down the pitch putting his left pad in line with the ball and then letting his back hover behind that left leg and quite rightly my view , Tufnell keeps appealing when this happens , and Jack Hampshire keeps saying not out . |
| 11 | Most manufacturers quote the capacities in litres — usually determined by pouring polystyrene beads into the sacks and then measuring their volume — and typical ranges would be 15–30 litres for daysacks , 35–55 for weekend sacks and 60 upwards for backpacking . |
| 12 | Phoebe knew when she had reached the lump , but the fingers went on circling , and then probing her armpit . |
| 13 | Let us follow the method already adopted in an examination of religion and taxes , looking briefly at central political attitudes and then observing their impact at middle and local levels in the Smolensk guberniia .. |
| 14 | Marketmakers are able to claim against their tax liabilities the full amount of any trading losses made by buying stock cum dividend and then selling it ex-dividend regardless of the interval between purchase and resale . |
| 15 | So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know . |
| 16 | Whoever heard of a manufacturer signing up a has-been like Brian Harley and then advancing his caddie , who was hardly noted for his reliability , in the region of £7000 for his services ? |
| 17 | Probably the priestesses systematically brought the peak sanctuaries and other rural shrines under their control , just as Solomon was to do a thousand years afterwards , building an urban temple and then extending his power over the high places . |
| 18 | I ran upstairs to see what I could , and there he was , torch and all , running down the garden and then dodging his way up to the cliff path , and fast , as if he knew exactly where he was going . |
| 19 | Games which stimulate touch and the brain , such as putting several objects into a black cloth bag and then putting your hand inside to identify them . |
| 20 | The , the problem is if it it 's alright to out-price and then reducing your service , but that soon switches the client off . |
| 21 | After such a long wait , Ellie was so stiff and so fearful , that she was almost relieved to hear them , laughing and jeering at each other , and then greeting their father , whom they were surprised to see home . |
| 22 | Do n't cheat by first allowing your body to droop and then jerking your backside into the air . |
| 23 | The business of getting into costume and make-up and then giving his performance as the father in Malcolm Harris 's The Hooded Owl meant that details like confrontations with murderers would have to wait . |
| 24 | Stealing from the camp one night with only his rifle and iron rations , wading the river at the border , finding a sympathetic ship 's captain to take him to Sweden , working there for a while and then making his way down through Poland and Germany and the rest of Europe , village by village , shtetl by shtetl , always moving west , America the ultimate goal , until he reached Cork . |
| 25 | It is no good saying your curriculum is to prepare people for life , and then ignoring what life 's experiences will or might consist of . |
| 26 | Then they used to have their which was a cup of tea at ten in the morning and then having their tea at four . |
| 27 | England 's fortunes under Mike Gatting had been varied , losing relentlessly at home , carrying all before them in a triumphal tour of Australia , narrowly losing a World Cup final they should have won and then having their captain , under great provocation , address naughty words to a Pakistani umpire . |
| 28 | It can be extremely frustrating spending many hours looking for a home , finding one you like and that you can afford , and then having your mortgage application turned down . |
| 29 | The problem can be overcome in the case of any straight step function by evaluating the Fourier transform of the corresponding exponentially decaying step function and then finding its limit as the rate of decay goes to zero . |
| 30 | She apologised for the mess , wiping her hands on her apron and then shaking my hand while I said how sorry I 'd been to hear . |