Example sentences of "then [vb past] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He got on to his knees , then rose in a crouch and hit Pascoe full on the chest with a tight fist . |
| 3 | On a dark and icy cold morning in January 1946 I flew in an RAF plane from Berlin to Kiel and then drove in a jeep to a British Army Church House a few miles outside the city . |
| 4 | I then threw in a call to my sock in London . |
| 5 | When he slid his fingers across the spring of gold curls , parting the intimate secret of her , finding the hard nub of her womanhood before slipping below to the hot , molten tightness at her centre , she tensed and then capitulated in a flood of aching heat , and she heard herself say his name , moan his name again and again . |
| 6 | One who had followed the King 's army from London to Coventry was ‘ taken by the soldiers , and first led about the city then set in a pillory , after in a cage then ducked in a river , and at last banished the city ’ . |
| 7 | Yes , so he then called in a constable , who was living in a section house nearby . |
| 8 | I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust . |
| 9 | Bewildered , she followed him upstairs , then listened in a daze while he outlined his plan for converting the master bedroom into a lounge , and the smallest bedroom into a kitchenette . |
| 10 | The roulade is stuffed with a layer of blanched spinach leaves and a farce of chicken , quail , duck or pheasant ; then marinated in a mix of honey , oil , coriander and lemon juice to flavour the meat before roasting . |