Example sentences of "then [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharpe blew the Prince 's whore a kiss , then rode to find a crossroads . |
| 2 | The County Associations which were then formed to demand a widening of the suffrage and a redistribution of Parliamentary seats , and the General Association , a substitute Parliament , or anti-Parliament , in which some of them proposed to combine , seemed for a time to threaten drastic and violent constitutional changes . |
| 3 | This information base is then manipulated using a font descriptor file to generate a particular font . |
| 4 | Investing a fortune and then upping sticks a couple of years later is generally a recipe for being out of pocket . |
| 5 | You will then need to drill a hole in each of the four corners , about 13mm ( ½in ) in from each side , using a drill bit that is slightly larger than the diameter of the four bolts you intend to use . |
| 6 | When the FBI then proposed to kidnap a fugitive US financier , Robert Vesco , from the Bahamas , the Justice Department produced a legal opinion blocking the plan . |
| 7 | A public telephone was then installed providing a Freephone link to Lowestoft CAB . |
| 8 | The Environment Secretary is then expected to make a decision next year . |
| 9 | It grew to its current size by selling mainframes in the 1960s and 1970s but since then has seen a decline in this business . |
| 10 | She looked up at the rook 's nest and the grey sky beyond , then bent to pick a clump of white winter aconites to take home to Josh . |
| 11 | and then want to eat a lot , so it 's like , it 's like acidy |
| 12 | We then tried to rent a garage ( long and thin and hence more the shape of a church ! ) but this fell through too . |
| 13 | He said Mr Hawthorne then tried to grab a bowl but Mills , 18 , knocked it out of his hand . |
| 14 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |
| 15 | Thus if I incur a verbal warning for stepping out of the area , I do n't then expect to receive a half-point penalty for a slight contravention of another rule . |
| 16 | Becky enjoyed the new play despite a girl called Amanda giggling all the way through the first act and then refusing to hold a conversation with her during the interval . |
| 17 | ‘ I rather hope I may get those concerned to invite me to do you in the Authors and their Work series — though I have n't done anything about it — I might then like to quote a bit or two out of a letter ( e.g. about Ivy ) , but I devoutly hope you will be able to censor the thing for yourself ’ — for there was still hope , or I was allowed to think so . |
| 18 | If the thought still bothers you then consider running a diesel as the fuel is far safer to store , carry and handle . |
| 19 | A pity , perhaps , but then attempting to stay a step ahead is one of the great motivating factors in the sport , is n't it ? |
| 20 | Two of these had earlier been the subject of the intensive case studies ( see Chapter 4 ) ; two had been involved in piloting the questionnaire and the head of another declined to take part in the survey on the grounds that he was just then attempting to introduce a scheme of SSE of his own devising . |
| 21 | A friend at the Bar estimated to me in 1981 that a youngster of ability on the common law side can go up to eight or ten thousand pounds , but then tends to reach a plateau . |
| 22 | Random number tables were then used to generate a set of fifty-three imaginary references . |
| 23 | This phase is used with the phase difference to estimate the phase N from the normal scattering , which is then used to calculate a map of the structure . |
| 24 | Ben jumped ashore and tied the rowboat up to the small , wooden jetty , then turned to give a hand to Peng Yu-wei who stood there , cradling a sleeping Meg in one arm . |
| 25 | Robins coolly beat Hallworth then turned to watch a flock of blue shirts besiege the linesman to no avail . |
| 26 | The stranger held out her hand with a brief unseeing glance , then turned to resume a conversation . |
| 27 | the procedure refAndWgt is then called to save a set of ‘ good ’ measurements of the reference card — to be used later to check consistency — and also to compute a weighting between the top and bottom of the image . |
| 28 | You may then decide to give a copy of the list to your practice partner and try to spot which one is said when in random order . |
| 29 | At once , she picked up the gold key from the table , unlocked the little door into the garden , and then began to eat a piece of mushroom . |
| 30 | They then began to play a game which involved tearing pieces off the aircraft and hurtling them at each other . |