Example sentences of "then [vb past] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then asked for an adjournment of the conference if agreement was not possible . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She sat quietly , however , until the music found its way into calmer waters and then came to an end . |
| 4 | The path widened , then came to an end in a wide , flat pond . |
| 5 | We then telephoned for an ambulance , got her admitted into hospital , and finally wrote a letter of admittance as well — both as a formality , and as a way of stating the patient 's medical history , and the findings of the doctor after an examination . |
| 6 | We then went to an exhibition of the salvaged artifacts with some very realistic looking wax work people amongst them . |
| 7 | John Wells parked the vehicle then went to an auction in another car . |
| 8 | I shouted louder , and then listened for an answer . |
| 9 | In the same year the artist Stephen Boggs was charged with " reproducing the currency " by painting amusing pastiches of bank notes which he then traded as an example of performance art . |
| 10 | then kipped for an hour in the cashpoint lobby . |
| 11 | We clambered into the back of a VW truck and drove for about five minutes , then waited outside an apartment block while the guards chatted with a woman . |
| 12 | She then launched into an account so detailed that Johnson said to Boswell , ‘ All this should be written down , ’ and Boswell did , in a faithful rendition that traces every move made by the prince and those who wished him to escape — every hardship , close call and incident , every hope , frustration and despair . |
| 13 | He then travelled on an expedition to the Holy Land , and in his absence his various enemies , including the Emperor himself , began to encroach upon his territories . |