Example sentences of "then [vb past] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grinned at her , then swished at a shrub with his cane and asked , with studied casualness , ‘ And will you stay here at Bishopstow ? |
| 2 | He then asked for a drink of water . |
| 3 | He then asked for an adjournment of the conference if agreement was not possible . |
| 4 | From this , the idea was derived of ‘ patchwork pieces ’ , which then led to a demand for specific colours in the bags , ’ ‘ and suddenly we realized we had created a bit of a monster . ’ |
| 5 | This then led to an obsession with political and social questions with decreasing reference to the criterion by which they were being examined , namely the Christian gospel of salvation for all mankind . |
| 6 | They then agreed on a communiqué reaffirming " their commitment to contribute actively to a settlement of the other problems of the region " and inviting Aziz to Luxembourg . |
| 7 | It then passed through a number of hands , eventually taken over by Bensons International Systems , shortly after the Second World War . |
| 8 | We then passed beneath a ranch fence : Parque Nacional Torres del Paine , it announced , and in the distance over a range of low brown grasslands were the sharp spires of a dozen oddly-shaped mountains , twisted and contorted and coloured like no other mountains we had ever seen before . |
| 9 | He then applied for a mandamus directed to the visitor to hear an appeal on the grounds that the earlier appeal to the visitor had been no true appeal at all . |
| 10 | He later confessed to having taken part in the theft of a quantity of goods including hi-fi equipment , a television , a leather jacket and a carriage clock , totalling value of £1,222 , from the bedsit next door to the one which he then shared with a fridge at Spitalhatch , Alton . |
| 11 | I then got into a tracksuit , donned a newish pair of expensive running-shoes , and set off towards Wimbledon Common . |
| 12 | The poles slid glistening in and out of the water as the craft approached and then beached with a bump . |
| 13 | A new digital camera , which allows images to be captured then downloaded into a PC has been unveiled by Logitech , a market leader in computer input devices . |
| 14 | He then trained as a parachutist and volunteered as guide for this ill-fated raid . |
| 15 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |
| 16 | The chamber , filled with over 160 delegations to the World Conference on Human Rights , listened in hushed silence and then rose in a standing ovation . |
| 17 | He got on to his knees , then rose in a crouch and hit Pascoe full on the chest with a tight fist . |
| 18 | The notes hovered in the still air as he played a lament then errupted into a dance rhythm . |
| 19 | Sophie looked at both her sons and then sank into a chair . |
| 20 | It was an ignominious failure — the plane left the runway then crashed into a ball of flames . |
| 21 | He then referred to a passage from the judgment of Nolan J. in Anderton v. Lythgoe [ 1985 ] 1 W.L.R. 222 , 228 , including the words which I have earlier cited . |
| 22 | He then moved to a succession of short-term jobs until in 1934 he joined some friends in establishing a garage near Basingstoke , specializing in veteran and vintage cars . |
| 23 | The arm hovered before the bookcase and then darted at a book end and retrieved a bound diary . |
| 24 | The sequence in hand was apparently quite simple : we met up with another yacht and sailed in company , then came across a fishing boat to whose skipper I shouted , ‘ Have you any fish to spare ? ’ |
| 25 | At the southern end of the valley where the sky was brighter , a horseman now appeared , his dark mount reined in , its head pulling to one side as it slowed then came to a halt . |
| 26 | He led her down a row , then came to a halt . |
| 27 | Matters then came to a head and after dropping her baby the mother was distraught about what she had done to her child . |
| 28 | The elevator rose smoothly , then came to a stop . |
| 29 | The 6 A.M. Glasgow to Garvie train approached platform 8 gently , apologetically almost , then came to a stop with a squealing of brakes and a hiss of escaping steam , and they looked at it with wide-eyed wonder . |
| 30 | I sauntered along attractively named Wine Street , then came to a bridge over the rushing River Garavogue . |