Example sentences of "then [vb pp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a technique pioneered in America , where drop-in surgery is commonplace , Waters made a three-inch incision , cut through the layers of ‘ padding ’ , pushed back the hernia sack , and then tucked in a 2½ inch by 1 ¼ inch piece of polypropylene mesh to reinforce the muscle wall . |
| 2 | The two Comrades put their signatures to a scroll which was then placed in a stainless steel tube and sealed into the concrete foundations of what was intended to become a new conference complex . |
| 3 | Similarly , ox tongues were cooked in ‘ the kitchens ’ at Blackfriars , glazed hot , packed into glass jars with jelly , vacuum sealed with a rubber ring and a lid with a metal clip , and then placed in a cold store to set . |
| 4 | The assembly is then placed in a spring-loaded jig ( Fig. 4.5d ) under a pressure of about 1 kG cm -2 . |
| 5 | The solid mixture is then dissolved in a small amount of the solvent and added to the top of the column . |
| 6 | Ruth covered his face and mouth with hot kisses as the fire , for a defiant instant , raged and then cooled in a delicious aftermath of cleansing , spring-water tranquillity . |
| 7 | The travellers were then carried in a northerly direction and with Spalding now on their right and Bourne to the left , the craft was stabilized by throwing out all the remaining ballast . |
| 8 | So at last I 've come to him , ’ Doreen said , then added in a firm tone , ‘ Nor will I tolerate interference in my plan to become Silas Wilder 's wife . ’ |
| 9 | Julia stopped and then added in a quick toneless voice , ‘ The actual facts you already know . |
| 10 | Unlike many conference proceedings , which present a mere snapshot of the contributions made , this material has been selected , expanded and rounded to form a whole , and then presented in a uniform format . |
| 11 | Chunks of chicken are flavoured with herbs and spices , then wrapped in a light pancake and coated in crunchy golden breadcrumbs . |
| 12 | Authentic selfhood is denied and then reconstituted in a perverse , parodic form — and then perhaps denied again , transformed from other to same and then back to a ( ditferent ) other . |
| 13 | In mid-December Chatichai formed a new government , replacing a number of parties in the ruling coalition which was then toppled in a military coup in February 1991 [ see pp. 37916 ; 38003 ] . |
| 14 | They flew about inside her like magpies in an orchard , then settled in a new pattern . |
| 15 | However , if it encounters unc first , then there is a chance unc of transmission and , since the transmitted photon is then polarised in a new direction ( perpendicular to the optical axis of P , ) there is a further chance unc that it could subsequently be transmitted by P , . |
| 16 | Jake watched her for a moment , then observed in a soft voice , ‘ Of course , I care about Kirsty . |
| 17 | Immediately afterwards the artist Paolo De Poli , with the help of pupils from the Selvatico high school , began collecting the fragments some only two or three inches across which were then stored in a large number of boxes . |
| 18 | It takes only minutes to clear a fridge of CFC gas , which is then stored in a secure container and returned to ICI at Runcorn . |
| 19 | ‘ I never — ’ Maurice broke off , then resumed in a calmer tone . |
| 20 | This is then defined in a normative sense which must therefore inevitably exclude these pupils from its attainment . |
| 21 | A wheat ear , in celebration perhaps , flew up and then descended in a slow ‘ butterfly ’ display flight . |
| 22 | All occupied states are then represented in a single disc ( dotted in the Figure ) , corresponding to the ‘ electric quantum limit ’ . |
| 23 | These moistened globules should be dried on blotting paper and then put in a sealed bottle , and labelled 0/1 . |
| 24 | The child obviously has mild epilepsy , and should it recur she must be exposed fortnightly to intense cold in a bath for an hour , then put in a warm bed until a fever is induced . |
| 25 | First , the votes given to each of the parties in each of the Republic 's ten Länder are separately aggregated to produce national totals , which are themselves then combined in a single comprehensive total . |
| 26 | Being a man who enjoyed life on the cutting edge , Dudley then indulged in a bigamous and secretive third marriage to Lettice Knollys . |
| 27 | Truman had made the first move in South-East Asia at the time of the Korean War , sending financial and other aid to the French government , by then engaged in a desperate attempt to maintain their control of Indo-China . |
| 28 | The tall boy washed , cleaned his teeth , fought bravely with his comb and then dressed in a faded Hawaiian shirt and his summer suit . |
| 29 | It 's then covered in a generous layer of almond marzipan and finally topped with a layer of melt-in-the-mouth soft-eating Regal ice . |
| 30 | The head was then pickled in a ten-foot long tin box , and the rotting body returned to the ocean . |