Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stroll in the moonlight by the old St Joseph 's seminary and the lake , and then looking down on the lights of Wigan . |
| 2 | He went down on the Thursday to go through some business things with Marius , then came back on the Friday late afternoon — just after you came round about your play . |
| 3 | Last time round they went to south east Asia , trekked in Nepal as far as the Everest base camp , saw Thailand and China then came back on the Trans-Siberian Railway . |
| 4 | I gripped the banister and swung myself head over heels , then came out on the roof of a tower . |
| 5 | After a print run of , say 100 A4 sheets , the printed sheets are then turned over on the long axis , and the same print is made on the reverse . |
| 6 | The metric system was then built up on the decimal system , which you already have been studying . |
| 7 | Her hands flew up in horror then slammed down on the steering wheel . |
| 8 | Those who could not escape put in a token appearance , showing themselves before the delegates from their local constituency association and then scuttling off on the first train back to civilization . |
| 9 | So gi , they 'll probably go down to Munich and then drop down on the motorway from Munich |
| 10 | I went home to the cottage , had an early supper , then set off on the walk to the post office . |
| 11 | His plan was to wait until Pearman had left , and then creep up on the baker 's young wife , knock her unconscious with the cudgel , and be off with the takings . |
| 12 | Today John had gone out to lunch before her and she ate her sandwiches quickly , then started out on the brisk quarter of an hour 's walk to her uncle 's church . |
| 13 | Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain . |
| 14 | He finishes after a bit and then jumps up on the window ledge . |
| 15 | Go left , down , right , then fall down , push the crate onto the button and go up on the lift , then left along the lower platform , push the crate left onto the switch , fall down , then go up on the lift , collect the speaker , fall down , go right and up on the lift , go left along the top platform , go up and left , go up on the lift , and continue going up on the platforms . |
| 16 | Continue to Skinningrove then go back on the cliffs above Hummersea Scar and over to the cottages of Upton . |
| 17 | Her arm rose , then fell back on the bedclothes , and she flinched violently . |
| 18 | looked at some trains and then went back on the D M U. |
| 19 | After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn . |
| 20 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |
| 21 | So the best thing is to put the piece of paper in in a wadge and then come out on the outside and pack it vertically and put them next to each other like that . |
| 22 | Carey checked it , then dragged back on the rod and took up the slack , working that way for five minutes or so before he beached the fish . |
| 23 | He then ended up on the floor twice at Fairyhouse and Punchestown before he ran against championship class when he filled fifth place behind General Idea in the Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas . |
| 24 | He introduced Whitlock and Sabrina to Bailey who then sat down on the second black leather sofa and took a cigar from his pocket . |
| 25 | James Scott stood in the centre of the small room for a moment , looking round , then sat down on the edge of the bottom bunk . |
| 26 | He shrugged , then sat down on the edge of the bed and took her hand . |