Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made two ruler from Tufnol ( 24x1–1/2x1/2in ) , then joined them with two brass strips , allowing about 1 in of play between the rulers . |
| 2 | He began early , in Bangkok and then Dubai , had a week 's work-out with David Leadbetter in Orlando and then followed it with four straight tournaments coming into the Masters . |
| 3 | He then grabbed me with one hand and grabbed my steering wheel with the other . |
| 4 | Dennis shook his head , then tapped it with two fingers . |
| 5 | He then presented me with three sheep , after which all his family and relations asked for presents . |
| 6 | The collector then donated them to three American museums : the Museum of Modern Art had first choice , and took forty-three ; the Art Institute of Chicago then selected thirty-eight ; and the rest went to the Denver Art Museum . |
| 7 | Alida Thorne read the letter again , and then tore it into forty or fifty tiny squares , her hand shaking with anger . |
| 8 | During the first summer and autumn on the island , the English had built another sloop — thirty tons , clinker-hulled , two masted — from felled mahogany trees they dragged down from the forest ; they then fitted her with four barbaresque guns forged in the Italian style , transported from Europe by the Hopewell . |
| 9 | Instead he waited until stragglers ventured outside the walls and then picked them off one by one , capturing the Dwarfs alive if possible and tormenting them for days within earshot of the citadel walls . |