Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I smeared the red stuff over the top of the main beam which crosses from one I-girder to the other on the tower , then wiped my small wound with an antiseptic tissue from one of my bags . |
| 2 | After a long gallop to Radstock our two heroes then made their weary way back to Crediton where they made their final assault . |
| 3 | The United States ignored the warning and the Chinese forces then made their successful assault and defeated the American troops very badly , driving them in fact into the south . |
| 4 | She nodded as Topaz curtsied and then made her stately way to where Sister Agnes was sewing drawers for her Sisters in God . |
| 5 | After reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open last year , Capriati did not get past the quarters at the Australian , French and Wimbledon championships and then made her earliest exit at the US Open . |
| 6 | She worked widely in the United States during the forties and fifties , playing , among other parts , Blanche in Tennessee Williams ' A Streetcar Named Desire , then made her English début in the West End in 1960 , playing Mrs Patrick Campbell . |
| 7 | William Tite , the Liberal MP for Bath , and the only professional architect in the House of Commons , then made his first contribution towards the new Foreign Office by suggesting that the Government should form its own plan out of all the ideas produced so far , such as ‘ the plan of Sir J. Soane , that of Mr. Pennethorne , and also the plans in the present competitive exhibition ’ . |
| 8 | Paxton then made his only contribution to the controversy when , contrary to what Ellice had said , he strongly supported Scott 's design . |
| 9 | Pound then made his own attempt , ‘ having the watchman talk nigger ’ , and the project was still on the go in December 1921 . |
| 10 | I then appointed him Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury . ’ |
| 11 | He called Sophie and listened while her voice ran through the little script that people write for answerphones , then doubled his double Scotch and went back to the window . |
| 12 | She screwed a wetted face flannel into a point and dug it into Léonie 's ears , then attacked her unruly hair with a hard brush . |
| 13 | She looked at him , then realised her overnight bag was in the boot . |
| 14 | Lady Marion tugged at her wrist , still held in his fierce grasp , and then flung her free hand dramatically up towards the castle folk , and Alan in his nurse 's arms . |
| 15 | The screws knew I was vocal and articulate and had by then got my own way to a fair extent by being incredibly polite and incredibly persistent but not actually stepping out of line . |
| 16 | He obliged by hitting a vast drive about fifty yards beyond Harley 's , who then got his second shot just on to the front edge of the green and about forty feet from the flag . |
| 17 | Neil Kinnock , Labour 's leader , claimed that everybody remembers that sort of thing and then got his own score wrong . |
| 18 | Roberts then found his kicking form with a super conversion the best touchdown came just before half-time … |
| 19 | He then proposed his new plan : that his mother should go back home , and he would continue on to Paris when the weather improved , together with Wendling , Ramm and the bassoonist Ritter . |
| 20 | He tugged at his sparse white beard , then drew his dark fur robe tighter around his bent shoulders . |
| 21 | He then invited my fellow passengers to speculate on the subject . |
| 22 | He grabbed Alexei 's wrist , then used his other hand to unclamp the fingers . |
| 23 | He blinked , then used his other eye . |
| 24 | He then used his personal popularity and legitimacy to win public support for his regime . |
| 25 | " ( Hitler ) then used his mass support to castrate the forces which had resisted democracy . |
| 26 | John had made a few 1st Division appearances with Charlton , but undoubtedly the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion to that premier division of world soccer at the end of 1968–69 — and then maintained his high level of performance by helping to keep the Palace in the top flight for the two remaining seasons in which he stayed with the club . |
| 27 | Delaney hesitated , then stroked her wildly-blowing hair , feeling it fluttering in his hand , like a captured bird . |
| 28 | ‘ I need to get this dress off and in soak … ’ she began stiffly , then caught his sardonic expression and blushed angrily . |
| 29 | She twitched the hand-written parchment pages back and forth for a moment or two looking for them , then caught his amused glance . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh … ’ began Sally-Anne furiously , and then caught his twinkling eyes , and one raised eyebrow — He was waiting , she knew , to see how she would react . |