Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile her friend walked as far as the bike , then rode it to the point where he met Lorna , who then rode further while he walked … and so on . |
| 2 | In ways more amenable to women 's visual pleasure , off-beat films which then made it into the mainstream distribution circuit such as Lianna ( Nelson/Renzi ) , Desert Hearts , I 've Heard the Mermaids Singing ( Rozema ) and Percy Adlon 's work with Marianne Sagebrecht in Baghdad Café and Sugar Baby have achieved a degree of success in changing the dynamics of female objectification and sexual fantasy in an entertainment setting . |
| 3 | Said ‘ tell me more ’ , then revealed himself as the reviewer of the DOE proposal and only later suggested that we collaborate … |
| 4 | He clawed at the broken wheel that first dragged him across , then pinned him to the road . |
| 5 | He then led them into the Catherine Palace , once more brandishing his authority whenever an official came forward to stop them . |
| 6 | Another guard frisked him expertly then led him up the steps into the house . |
| 7 | Gy François then led us to the village 's chimpanzee sanctuary , a small grass-covered shelter where rice is regularly laid on a few very old-looking chimpanzee skulls . |
| 8 | He then passed it through the letterbox and the baby ate her meal on the freezing patio . |
| 9 | Chant dug in his inside pocket and pulled out his wallet , then passed it through the window , letting it drop on the seat beside the driver . |
| 10 | I tucked a ten-dollar bill into the pocket of his jacket , while he tried to wave my arm away , then clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 11 | She crossed the carpet and handed him his whisky , then seated herself in the armchair opposite him , smoothing her slim skirt over her knees . |
| 12 | Ponomarev then announced it to the world at an International Conference on Nuclear Physics in Vancouver during August 1977 . |
| 13 | He remembered how Izzy Kleiber had fought and kicked right to the end — until the moment when they lifted him up , then lowered him over the outer wall of the harbour , where the greedy river licked its oily lips and waited , invisible in the darkness below … . |
| 14 | The trooper climbed reluctantly over the handrail and then lowered himself onto the supporting props below . |
| 15 | I took off my rings and jewellery and put them in my handbag then lowered myself over the cliff edge . |
| 16 | She grabbed the chairback , her head thick with drugged sleep , then lowered herself to the floor and sat there cross-legged . |
| 17 | In other words , they created a self-image and then sold it to the greater powers of western Europe ; and whatever their reaction , be it incredulous , admiring or contemptuous , these powers now found it impossible to ignore the Scots ' insistent demands that they should be noticed . |
| 18 | The seller then sold it to the dealer for £2 . |
| 19 | I then sold it to the genuine buyer , paid you back … ’ |
| 20 | Loosely linked to it were the emerging environmentalist movements ( the link being forged by a deep suspicion of advanced technology which had raised the spectre of nuclear holocaust and then manifested itself in the devastation inflicted on Vietnam ) . |
| 21 | Having shown his concern for the problems of multinational capital , Barry then laid it on the line for the Cork objectors : ‘ These objectors must accept that the public and voluntary bodies involved in scrutinizing polluting industries are genuinely concerned and responsible . ’ |
| 22 | Re then described himself as the creator and related his names of Khepri at sunrise , Re at noon and Atum at sunset . |
| 23 | So Ray then found himself in the position of spending a good many of his working hours enforcing a law which he was breaking himself and increasingly afraid of being arrested by one of his mates . |
| 24 | This is a rather strange piece of behaviour , which gave rise in the l9th century to the belief that the female cuckoo swallowed her egg after laying it and then regurgitated it into the host 's nest . |
| 25 | While the pub had been emptying of its customers , and Fritz had been covering down behind the counter , Mrs Nora had grabbed a broom and , holding it in both hands like a bat , had waited until the Turk had turned to face her — and then cracked him across the forehead . |
| 26 | The proposed closure at Cortonwood , Rotherham , in the heart of the militant Yorkshire Area , then provided him with the opportunity to launch a strike , under Rule 41 and the 1981 Yorkshire ballot , without , as he perceived it , any need for the potentially damaging national ballot which Rule 43 demanded . |
| 27 | He groaned , then grasped her by the buttocks and lifted her , backing her against the wall , thrusting up into her once , twice , a third time before he came explosively , feeling her shudder violently against him . |
| 28 | The accent then moved itself onto the first syllable ( ‘ ga rrage ’ ) , and now the pronunciation is sometimes changed to ‘ garridge ’ . |
| 29 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Worksop . |
| 30 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Workshop . |