Example sentences of "then [verb] [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A third approach is evident in cases which accept in principle extensive review for error of law which flows from Anisminic and O'Reilly , but which then qualify it in varying ways . |
| 2 | He would then pack them in wooden barrels , till he had a truck load , and then would send them direct from Plowden Station to the dye works where they were used . |
| 3 | But why should speakers or writers actually plan to say something in one way and then put it in other words in order to ensure the intended interpretation ? |
| 4 | Oh I just boiled the ends a bit and erm and then put it in deep water . |
| 5 | The funds were often borrowed by speculators who then reinvested them in strong currencies in the expectation of revaluations , a hideous spiral by which central banks were providing funds to speculators who stood to make a profit from them if the currency was revalued . |
| 6 | If the container held cooking oil , scrub it out well with detergent , then rinse it in clean water and dry it . |
| 7 | Indeed , Mme Colet was obliged to send all her love letters to Gustave via Maxime du Camp , who then readdressed them in fresh envelopes . |
| 8 | If you are paying a little more for the food you should enjoy it for what it is — avoid recipes which suggest such things as stuffing breasts of chicken with Parma ham mousse , then wrapping them in smoked salmon and poaching in wine before serving with a cream sauce . |
| 9 | He bombards male insects with radioactive particles to sterilise them and then releases them in huge numbers , so condemning generations of females to infertility . |
| 10 | The program puts up words one at a time , in transcription , and the user 's task is to read the word and then input it in normal spelling . |
| 11 | Try smearing the spanner jaws with light oil , then dipping them in fine sand . |