Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cantered back and forth on the gravel beach , then rode off through a corn field . |
| 2 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 3 | The stables are a hive of activity as the session 's mounts are groomed and tacked up , and then led out into a small ménage , in a cobbled yard at the rear of the stables . |
| 4 | Although the Victoria was not an especially large establishment , it backed onto an old warehouse that had at one time been split down the middle and then divided up into a series of small rooms that all opened onto a single long corridor . |
| 5 | Then got up for a pee . |
| 6 | The coaching committee in fact , had originally settled for four boxers but then included a fifth and Crowley then got in as a result of tremendous pressure from the body of the floor . |
| 7 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 8 | If any pieces of gold leaf have been chipped off to reveal the white base , there are various shades of gilt waxes which can be rubbed on with a soft cloth and then buffed up to a fine lustre . |
| 9 | I asked him , ‘ Have you got any old letters in the attic ? ’ and he said ‘ Yes ! ’ ’ , is his mildly amazed recall of this historian 's jackpot — one which he then capitalised on by a determined digging out of all the other surviving relatives , enabling the construction of the definitive Shrewsbury family tree in the book . |
| 10 | I was a European top salesman with er that company and then moved on as a franchise . |
| 11 | The crowds who gathered on Alexanderplatz and then moved off on a winding trail through East Berlin were in any case convinced he was their man . |
| 12 | He talked about the murder victim sprawled across the pavement , and then wandered off into a conversation about a comedian called Ken Dodd . |
| 13 | STUART then came up with a solution . |
| 14 | Joe said , ‘ Where and when ? ’ and Ashdown fumbled around a little at the other end of the line and then came up with an address . |
| 15 | Sal sent the sack up on a bight of slack , then came up on a tight rope and the sling . |
| 16 | Oxfordshire have had the toughest task of all against the championship leaders Glamorgan at swansea … they got some early wickets but then came up against a chap called Richards … |
| 17 | We then came up against a stop , and as I said a moment ago , our choice was between that budget , as negotiated , and the Labour budget , and I 've just shown you one hole in that budget . |
| 18 | Too early to know , say officials , and anyway that question really has a different target : it was the press and Wall Street that got euphoric in the early days of war , and then came down with a bump , not the administration . |
| 19 | Being Ireland , they ended up by eating three teas , then roared out to a singing pub in Howth , then went for a major curry before returning for a ‘ little party ’ in a student house . |
| 20 | It had a plain smooth bodice to the hips , then flared out in a lot of little points , like petals . |
| 21 | He drove on through and then turned around in a gateway and cruised back more slowly . |
| 22 | I dipped down into a valley , crossed into another field — moving faster and faster — and then climbed up towards a thicket . |
| 23 | The officers then climbed on to a porch and smashed the windows but were still unable to reach the victims . |
| 24 | Ramblers were often trained as weeping standards , with their stems tied to a vertical pole and then fanned out over a series of hoops to cascade down to the ground . |
| 25 | ‘ Does he know this is a museum now ? ’ he asked , and then walked over to a glass-fronted bookcase . |
| 26 | The illustrations from My ABC are also available in 13 separate sheets intended to be coloured in by individuals or groups and then hung up as a mural to decorate the walls of the classroom . |
| 27 | The car gave a roar , then slowly moved out of the garage ; the dim side-lights showed a pale flicker on the back of the house , then swung around for an instant on to the gardens . |
| 28 | He had flown over the sea for a short time — the western sea , the wrong sea — then swung back on a reciprocal . |
| 29 | She made her way through the village and out the other side , then pulled over into a gateway by a field and cried her eyes out . |
| 30 | They sped down the warm evening pavement for about fifty yards and then pulled up as an elderly man , walking his dog , came out of a driveway in front of them . |