Example sentences of "then [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was bum up in the air , small head to one side ‘ gnawing her way through Donald 's portion and then on to the rest of the poisoned carcass of the chicken , which Henry added to her plate . |
| 2 | It was n't even properly on the Foulness road , but a track from the road led to it , and then on to the camp ; about a quarter of a mile away . |
| 3 | I suppose the most regular walk I do around Malham begins and ends at the village itself , going first by Janet 's Foss to Gordale Scar then on to the Tarn and back by the Cove . |
| 4 | A quick cup of tea with Ewen and then on to the Loganair Twin Otter which slithered up the slushy runway and took the over-sea route to avoid the worst weather en route to Barra stopping at Benbecula . |
| 5 | Then we 'd come back to the digs , wash our hair , have a wash if we were lucky , then on to the theatre . |
| 6 | It 's straight into make-up as the experts behind-the-scenes work a little magic , then on to the wardrobe department for that all-important on-screen outfit . |
| 7 | All lighting circuits are radial ones — that is one cable goes from the fuseway in the consumer unit to the first light position , and then on to the second , and so on to the last on the circuit . |
| 8 | They went there in the middle of that morning , passing through the gate in the garden wall and along the cliff-path for a few hundred yards and then on to the golf-course . |
| 9 | No patients would be identified and the information would be confidentially passed to the British Medical Association and then on to the Home Office . |
| 10 | Then on to the Cafe Central for lunch . |
| 11 | We could start with the Coromandel Peninsula , then on to the East Cape and the ‘ King Country ’ in the heart of the North Island , ideal for cycling and with superb colours in autumn . |
| 12 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 13 | Much of the film shows the painter simply going about his task , first scratching outlines on parchment and then on to the canvas . |
| 14 | As she headed for the path that crossed the garden to the pool and then on to the pine forest and olive grove , she heard one solitary , impassioned call that hung hauntingly in the hot air . |
| 15 | It would roll around on the carpet , then leap on to the piano and then on to the pianist 's lap , where it would start licking the hands that played the magic notes . |
| 16 | Not looking at the cows , but keeping her eyes fixed straight ahead , she pushed her bike past them and then on to the footpath . |
| 17 | He swerved and avoided the worst of the impact , but was catapulted on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the pavement . |
| 18 | Stage migration occurs when a peasant moves to a provincial town for some time and then on to the city . |
| 19 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 20 | A sudden change of éaulement , an unusual turn in-out of legs or arms , or quick jumps up and then down to the floor followed by a roll over or even a somersault can accentuate the particular place that unusual movement has in the whole design . |
| 21 | After the kick is executed the kicking foot is brought back to the level of the supporting leg 's knee and then down to the floor . |
| 22 | They galloped into Leith , up its narrow winding streets , across the cobbled market-place where Corbett had met Bruce 's retainers , and then down to the quayside . |
| 23 | Sunday morning , up bright and early for Sunday in those days , seven o'clock , out for a walk and then down to the church for choir . |
| 24 | The early-morning call , then down to the yard to get the horses ready for their big day . |
| 25 | She was n't passive , did n't want to be , and as her fingers dug spasmodically into his back , finding each nerve-centre , then down to the base of his spine , she arched into him , her legs wrapped round his thighs , her head thrown back . |
| 26 | So Thursday we , we usually come out of Bridge Street , go round the corner and then down to the end of the , car 's parked at the end of the lane . |
| 27 | This was music to my ears and , after dropping him off , headed to the appropriate bridge and then down to the canal . |
| 28 | Instead they cut grass — nasty coarse stuff — belting over the green in fifth gear , Walkman thundering , leaving pubic tufts in the awkward corner by the concrete nymph , then down to the Beetle for a few lagers . |
| 29 | From Fairfield walk south-east to Hart Crag ( 0.75 miles ) and then down to the gap between Hart Crag and Dove Crag ( 0.25 miles ) in the same direction . |
| 30 | first the ship turned north , then suddenly to the west again . |