Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This union and other unions have protested most vigorously to the Mersey Region and they decided then to go ahead with the appeals by approaching other trade unions , not necessarily involved in clinical skills , like the plumbers and the joiners of the A U E W and the EPTU . |
| 2 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 3 | But perhaps she had seen others at the tree tops , for she clattered her talons violently on the top of her cage , crashed down on to its concrete floor , her wings smashing against the branch that projected across her cage , and then lunged forward at the door of her cage , driven by an impulse that spoke of a terrible longing to be free . |
| 4 | He clicked his fingers for Nosey to follow him , then rode northwards in the dusk . |
| 5 | But Will caught a fever and then rode home through the cold spring rain . |
| 6 | Media Production The contents of the files produced by the HARDCOPY FORMATTER must be transcribed onto the desired hard copy media , then checked visually by the user to ensure that a good copy has been produced . |
| 7 | He seemed agitated , restlessly pacing about , looking out into the crowds , then drawing back into the shelter of the arcade . |
| 8 | It is known that volatile organic compounds dissolved in groundwater will release molecules into the vapour phase at the water-table , and these can then migrate upwards through the unsaturated zone . |
| 9 | ‘ Desperately , desperately ill ! ’ she said , over her shoulder , then swooped down to the dishwasher , picked up a handful of plates , and marched off towards a cupboard . |
| 10 | It sniffed the air then made straight for the drum . |
| 11 | In the first the message is received in full and is then given out to the person ; in the second the message is received and is simultaneously translated into the second language . |
| 12 | Harry rolled the two bodies over the gunwale into the sea , then stabbed twice through the bottom of the boat to sink it . |
| 13 | The chairman , Gubby Allen , asked Washbrook to leave the room , then argued fiercely with the new young captain , Peter May . |
| 14 | They were saying about they keep asking her because she could be like page three models in the newspaper , she was like very even this really and then she just said I keep on going toilet and she 'd , she 'd then puke up in the toilet and she 'd come back and there were all these bite marks so her parents could see when she was doing it . |
| 15 | The leader then turns away from the children during which time they can advance . |
| 16 | The genealogist who has traced his family tree as far back as is possible through the use of the civil registration records kept at St Catherine 's House , London , and local registry offices then turns naturally to the baptism , marriage and burial registers of the Church of England for the preceding generations . |
| 17 | Later that day , the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face . |
| 18 | Case loads of course built up gradually as the samples were generated , and then tailed off after the recruitment year ended . |
| 19 | Pulling off the silky dress with trembling hands , then the slips of white lace which did service as bra and pants , she angrily kicked off the low-heeled white sandals , raked her long blonde hair out of its French plait , and then plunged gratefully for the privacy of the small en-suite bathroom , standing beneath the shower for a long , soothing soak before she climbed into bed in the baggy jade T-shirt which she wore as a nightshirt . |
| 20 | Once the invariant set is attracting , there is the possibility that the unstable manifold of the origin , which first strikes the return plane at R or L and which then wanders chaotically around the strange attractor forever , may eventually strike AD and then tend back towards the origin . |
| 21 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 22 | If RC remains steady within 2–3° of its 0° plus/minus drift position , then track straight to the station is being maintained and your estimated drift allowance is correct . |
| 23 | I cleaned my arse quickly and pulled my trousers up , pulling the chain , too , and then waddling out into the corridor , zipping up . |
| 24 | The bullet ricocheted off a stone in the road and then passed exactly through the centre of the rear seat . |
| 25 | Thus the script that Sidney Gilliatt , among others , had worked on , for A Yank at Oxford ( 1937 ) was taken back to Hollywood and then passed around to the resident heavyweights , including Ben Hecht , who would n't touch it , Herman Mankiewicz and Scott Fitzgerald . |
| 26 | When the slaves saw Burun they hissed and bowed , then passed silently through the door to the antechamber . |
| 27 | He then passed quickly through the crowd , eyes studiously on the ground , black gown folded round him like a rook 's wings . |
| 28 | Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth . |
| 29 | Later , Mr Friel had refused his friend 's invitation to escort him home , then met up with the accused again by chance and been assaulted . |
| 30 | The Muslim 's bird slowly righted itself , got unsteadily to its feet , then limped off through the legs of the crowd . |