Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | " I just do n't know why you turn me on at all , " Slater said , then peered closely at the other young man 's face and said pointedly , " Are you listening to me , Park ? " |
| 3 | I think their suggestion was that they had to go via Norwood Gardens because they then turned right at the in and went up into the middle of and it was to get them on to that line that they had to go through . |
| 4 | Tolonen gave a short laugh then glanced briefly at the Captain , before taking the clipboard back from his daughter and holding it open at the place she indicated . |
| 5 | ‘ We can talk tomorrow , ’ Barak replied then glanced lasciviously at the prostitute . |
| 6 | Wyn shook his head , then glanced round at the circle of villagers and the wailing old woman . |
| 7 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 8 | Peskova bowed , then glanced again at the albino . |
| 9 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 10 | Lin Foh hesitated , frowned , then glanced back at the two young Foreign Office men ; they were hardly protection for the Colonel ; rather , were deliberately overt presences with him , keeping an eye on him on the instruction of the Foreign Secretary . |
| 11 | She pulled the black cloth back over his shoulders , then breathed deeply at the catch of sweat , mixed with deodorant , that rose from his armpit . |
| 12 | She needed every scrap of self-confidence she could rustle up , she thought , then grinned crookedly at the wary light in her eyes reflected by the glass . |
| 13 | Oh yes quite so and if they 're doing well they really , local people really get behind them , but they , they 've prom in previous seasons they they 've promised so much and then fell away at the end that people have got a bit disillusioned and discontented so that , but like last year when they were doing well in the cup they erm at Watford I mean loads of people went to see them . |
| 14 | She let go of Adam 's arm and rose ; then looked up at the man who stood there . |
| 15 | She looked past the strolling holidaymakers at the gaily-painted shops along the front , then looked up at the hillside and , beyond it , the Wall , towering over all . |
| 16 | Tubby took one swallow and then looked up at the Colonel . |
| 17 | Karl looked across the street to where , among the cargo boats , the French and British Embassies hung out their flags , then looked again at the battleship . |
| 18 | He picked up a mirror and looked at his own face , and then looked again at the face in the portrait . |
| 19 | She paused , then looked searchingly at the hersdman . |
| 20 | A resigned silence congealed over the rows of people and the Reverend Archibald Menzies gripped the edges of the lectern , closed his eyes and raised his face to the ceiling , then looked down at the serried faces and spoke . |
| 21 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 22 | His eyes met Rosten 's , bright with gratitude , then looked down at the short sword . |
| 23 | ‘ If you do n't keep in that fall , I 'm stopping your sweets , ’ he said , and then looked down at the mass of Arthur on the ground . |
| 24 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
| 25 | Li Shai Tung shrugged — the slightest movement of his shoulders — then looked back at the image . |
| 26 | Chen stared at him , momentarily frightened by the power of the man , then looked back at the screen . |
| 27 | Rohmer took a step towards them , still massaging his hand and then looked back at the girl . |
| 28 | Tolonen sniffed , then looked back at the squad leader . |
| 29 | She stared at Tuan Ti Fo then looked back at the boy , a new respect entering her expression . |
| 30 | The two men laughed quietly , then looked back at the statue . |