Example sentences of "then [vb past] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armed with my definition of a manager and my time-span measuring instrument , I then bumped into the second surprising finding — repeatedly confirmed — about layering in managerial hierarchies : the boundaries between successive managerial layers occur at certain specific time-span increments , just as ice changes to water and water to steam at certain specific temperatures . |
| 2 | She ran along the side of the house , round the back of a stone-stilted granary and down behind the dovecot , and then darted across the last few yards to the wall . |
| 3 | from a deliberately slow start , he went past 10 miles in around 1:25 then accelerated through the second half of the race to turn in a respectable 2:42:31 . |
| 4 | Culley went straight for Elliott , then sidestepped at the last minute , almost a leap backwards . |
| 5 | We then talked about the first of those two towers of Tower Bridge if you remember which was about the skills that we need for er delivery . |
| 6 | He then worked as the third man on the management side at Middlesbrough , under Bruce Rioch and Colin Todd before joining Darlington , as they were heading for the GM Vauxhall Conference , three years ago . |
| 7 | Graham Gooch won an important toss but then fell in the seventh over , clearly surprised to be given out caught at the wicket . |
| 8 | She and two of the Aussies then proceeded to the next floor where guest bedrooms were to be found . |
| 9 | Annie rang the top bell and then went to the third floor , Susan 's flat . |
| 10 | ‘ She says he met someone from the convent on the night that Lady Eleanor died , and that Father Reynard did go to Godstowe but then disappeared until the next morning . ’ |
| 11 | Looked at one house then looked at the next oh |
| 12 | Mrs Singh asked ‘ Do you have the same holiday ? ’ and then spoke for the first time about Balbinder . |
| 13 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 14 | He then waited for the next major religious festival — Whitsuntide — and made the translation into a great occasion , although with troops at hand in case of trouble . |
| 15 | We unpacked our bags , and then relaxed until the next morning . |
| 16 | He kicked over a candelabra , upset a tureen of soup , then leaped from the last table to land with a crash in Lord John 's path . |
| 17 | These are usually concealed and then flashed at the last moment , giving the prospective predator the impression that it is approaching a much larger animal and one that is staring straight at it in a defiant manner . |