Example sentences of "then [vb base] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do this mainly as eggs , and then hatch out and develop rapidly once it rains and a pool forms . |
| 2 | Then sit back and relax by opening a chilled bottle of Guinness Original . |
| 3 | Seated in one of Kanazawa Industrial University library 's viewing booths , they just pick the tape they want to see front the list displayed , punch in its number , then sit back and wait for the programme to start . |
| 4 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
| 5 | Pastures new Make a mini-meadow with Geoffrey Smith , then sit back and enjoy the wildlife it attracts . |
| 6 | I knew the type : five years of self-employed brickying , then sell up and buy into a pub near Clacton or Southend and spend the summer serving light-and-bitter to self-employed brickies on a day out with the kids from Peckham or Deptford . |
| 7 | For the dips at the end of bar 6 ( into bar 7 ) : press the arm down , pick the note and release — same as before ; then press down and release again , whilst the note is sustaining . |
| 8 | She could not sleep and , remembering that Ronald Travis would be on duty , decided to wait until her parents had gone to bed , then slip outside and go to the signal box to see her lover . |
| 9 | I put my hand to my brow , looking down and shaking my head , then sigh theatrically and look at him , letting my shoulders slump . |
| 10 | The adults which emerge from marble galls are invariably females , which then fly off and lay their eggs in the buds of Turkey oaks . |
| 11 | If the cutting edge digs in then stop immediately and cut from the other direction , or there may be danger of a piece splitting away . |
| 12 | Buy this and then bugger off and read Q , we do n't need you any more . |
| 13 | Push the rudder down , prepare everything because if you get it wrong you 'll be straight back on the beach again and then climb in and sail away . |
| 14 | To which we add a whole series of other factors that we then kick around and argue over . |
| 15 | You might take me there and then run away and leave me ! " said the tiger fearfully . |
| 16 | THE MOST prolific of any true UK techno act , the Black Dog once again deliver the goods and then run off and hide to make more . |
| 17 | Then lie down and relax . |
| 18 | Poach remaining apples for two mins in enough water to cover , then slice thinly and fan across the puree . |
| 19 | Alternatively , I could find Scamp myself , then stand back and let the cavalry come . |
| 20 | ‘ Then stand aside and let me in . ’ |
| 21 | Throw earth and stones at their face , then jump up and hit them . |
| 22 | I do n't much care which , ’ said Fenella , who did not really want Caspar to ride off and leave her alone out here , but who was not going to get so close to Nuadu and then ride away and leave him . |
| 23 | I shift this extraordinary document across to the stack of papers I have read , then get up and walk about the room . |
| 24 | Mrs Wood knows that he will wake up about 7am and then get up and go downstairs where he will pull out drawers , knock over ornaments , scatter the contents of her food cupboards and climb on the table . |
| 25 | Children can learn that food is available only at the table so they may manage a few minutes sitting down to eat and then get up and run around . |
| 26 | Mark the hemline with chalk , then measure up and mark off length BE on the leading edge and across the fabric width , to form line CB . |
| 27 | With peeled veneer , a round log is heated in a steam pit for about twenty-four hours and then set up and rotated in a lathe in which a long knife peels the veneer circumferentially at a speed which is wonderful to watch . |
| 28 | Relax the leg by bringing the knee in towards the chest , then roll over and repeat the whole exercise with the other leg . |
| 29 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down slightly , 15 times.Relax the leg , then roll over and repeat on the other side . |
| 30 | Relax the leg by bringing the knee close to the chest , then roll over and repeat on the other side . |