Example sentences of "then [vb past] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It then passed to Robert of Mortain , followed by Reginald de Valletort and Edric .
2 When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk .
3 Mr. Page then applied by way of judicial review for an order quashing the visitor 's decision .
4 She prepared for bed in haste , then got into bed without turning off the bedside lamp , willing the friendly glow to hold off the dreams which came with the night .
5 I do n't know whether , people thought that erm if they interfered with me I would n't er I would n't play or what it was but then , anyway erm when the war ended , as I say I got a bit erm worried and erm I then got in touch with er Mr who was then er , then taken over from Sir Cecil Clerk of the Council or Chief Executive and erm , he suggested that erm I might take a course for the erm Home Workers Diploma For The Blind which erm was , well it was a sort of specialized er social worker really .
6 The Sergeant glowered at Rincewind , and then peered at Twoflower with interest .
7 Its share price began at $38 , soared to $55 but then crashed to $9 during a market collapse in 1903 .
8 Wassall made a £113.2m hostile bid for Evode which then entered into discussions with Laporte about a recommended bid of above £1 a share .
9 He then moved to London in 1872 , joining John Penn & Sons , a leading marine-engine builder , as a draughtsman .
10 He then moved to Windsor as chaplain to Colonel Whichcote , governor of Windsor Castle .
11 He then moved to Swindon on September 28 , 1990 .
12 He then moved to Westminster as a consulting engineer and became engaged in the survey , design , and construction of many large schemes for canals , railways , docks , and harbours , including those at Port Talbot , Ipswich , Penzance , and Neath .
13 It was in trying to forge the necessary alliances and to equip the essential forces that Edward then came into conflict with the laity and the clergy at home .
14 The Swifts then came to life with Beattie 's 25-yard free kick just over and Robinson 's forward burst barely cut out on time .
15 Miss Crowley then appealed for help from anyone who may have seen Ashworth in a number of locations around the city last Wednesday evening .
16 Until 1990 Liber was in 100% state ownership through Procordia , which then disposed of 72% of the company to a syndicate of investment companies and banks to accommodate Liber 's takeover of the Esselte publishing division .
17 He then drove to Namur in Belgium , where he changed cab units after a breakdown .
18 Cryptic teaser : Whose Red Army marched on Moscow , then retreated in agony after a shoot-out ?
19 He assaulted one as she sat in her sleeping bag then climbed into bed with the other , Guildford Crown Court heard .
20 She shrugged , and then giggled in surprise as the rounded shoulders of the spacesuit ascended like blunt-nosed rockets on each side of her helmet .
21 It rose to something like 35,000 tons per year but then began to tail off ( see appendix D ) .
22 In all control and spinal patients studied , there was an initial increase in external anal sphincter electromyographic activity on insertion of the anorectal tube which then declined in concert with the anal pressure to reach a stable baseline .
23 She then embarked on study for a Diploma of Education , but converted to a Bachelor 's degree which she gained with distinction in psychology and education .
24 She then returned to back into the siding and collected her own carriages , shunting them back into Holyhead Station !
25 She then returned to work for JS in 1992 at Watchmoor Park , on the deli counter , having been a customer throughout the decades which saw the development of supermarkets into the modern stores of today .
26 It ran upstairs and hid under a bed , then leapt on top of a wardrobe as Mrs Topliff confronted it with a broom handle .
27 They then pulled on balaclavas before driving a short distance where they stopped , pulled the woman into the back , placed a plastic bag over her head and bound her with a rope around her neck and hands .
28 I hope you will do your duty ’ , and then collapsed in tears to be led weeping back to the palace and to her new role as Regent .
29 To make the picture of the bridal bouquet shown in the photograph on the facing page , I used rose leaves and some asparagus fern for the foliage , which I then softened with pieces of pink heather and small sprays of gypsophila .
30 Mother licked cream from the ice-cave interior of the meringue , then broke off part of the superstructure with her fingers and popped it into her mouth .
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