Example sentences of "then [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mail was uniformly trivial , but he read it all and then stuffed the torn envelopes and their contents into his pockets for disposal elsewhere . |
| 2 | Next is a visit to the miniature village of Madurodam and then to see the picturesque harbour at Scheveningen . |
| 3 | The starting point in the exercise is the determination of the key purpose for the whole occupational area and then using a functional analysis approach to work from the ‘ whole ’ down identifying the competencies required to achieve the key purpose . |
| 4 | They escaped from Channingswood prison in Newton Abbot in Devon , by taking out the metal windows of their cells , then using a loose piece of scaffold to scale the fence . |
| 5 | Depending upon each plant , where it is planted and how it is supported , this tendency can often be countered by cutting back hard , encouraging the break-out of new growth from the base — and then using a little plant ‘ psychology ’ . |
| 6 | So averaging two adjacent lines , then using the averaged line twice , is an acceptable compromise . |
| 7 | They can recommend individuals for honours or awards — often the district postmistress who has spent fifty years behind the counter and then receives an unexpected OBE will have been suggested by the local lord lieutenant . |
| 8 | He was encouraged to assume this double burden by Arthur Ponsonby , the younger brother of Fritz , who after nine years in the Diplomatic Service had resigned to sit in the Commons as a Liberal ; finding his colleagues inadequately radical , Ponsonby had then joined the Labour Party and in January 1924 was installed at the Prime Minister 's elbow as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs . |
| 9 | So suppose that the result of the stress caused by shocking an animal in this way is the production of some hormone — for instance a peptide — which then produces the freezing behaviour . |
| 10 | I then checked the green box on the right-hand side of page 8 ( Help For The Hopeless ) . |
| 11 | Er the Department 's consultants identified that that would n't be sufficient to cope with traffic flows on the M sixty two er and indeed suggested as as an option er that traffic a new a new route could be created er along from the M sixty five at , the A fifty six and A fifty nine to Skipton , er and then pointed a red arrow in the direction of the A fifty nine across to the A one . |
| 12 | I 'd then build the whole system , test it , then ship it out to them , and what happens ? |
| 13 | After releasing , slow right down , retrim the glider , and then raise the main wheel . |
| 14 | She carefully packed her case again , then scanned the tidy bedroom and bathroom with some satisfaction . |
| 15 | He corrected , then scanned the empty sea ahead of him . |
| 16 | I had not then heard the famous phrase . |
| 17 | She drew in a great sharp breath which shook her shoulders , then wiped the old man 's chin with a cloth . |
| 18 | He tossed out Lee Chapman , who then became a major force in the Leeds team that won the League last season . |
| 19 | The relationship between Pauline and Chloe then became a major source of conflict in the marriage . |
| 20 | His spine then became a great tree with many branches , known as Kai-n-tiku-aba , and the first people sprouted as so many blossoms and fruit . |
| 21 | In 1848 Prince Windischgrätz turned it into the headquarters of his General Staff ; it then became a special school for the Communist Party and is now being restored as the Academy of Music . |
| 22 | ‘ His Royal Highness gave me … ’ he began , and then became a human being . |
| 23 | Christina then became a self-employed economist-researcher after which she spent four years as the economics research officer for a major political party . |
| 24 | Everything then became a kaleidoscopic array of sounds and feelings as they slipped over the edge of control . |
| 25 | The Archbishop then became a popular hero for defying the King in this sordid affair , and those , including Andrewes , who had obliged Lady Essex in the divorce were discredited . |
| 26 | The comedians then became the classic movie showmen of these early years . |
| 27 | A UK company was incorporated , which then became the holding company of a company set up to run the Dutch business . |
| 28 | In A.D. 325 the Emperor himself professed Christianity , which then became the official religion of the Roman Empire . |
| 29 | After five years , the initially reluctant southern states joined what then became the German Empire . |
| 30 | Squid and yellowtail then became the main species fished , but throughout the 1960s and 1970s the pattern was repeated as the yellowtail fishery began to show the familiar signs of overfishing , with catches decreasing despite increasing fishing efforts . |