Example sentences of "then [vb base] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the bell goes for the start of school we go to our tutor group rooms to drop off our bags and coats and then make straight for the hall . |
| 2 | During aerobic walking your heart and breathing rates increase , level out , then remain there for the duration of the exercise . |
| 3 | She 's the kind of person who 'd probably forget to eat or sleep for days while she was painting , then eat ravenously for the next week to make up , if she could . |
| 4 | Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw . |
| 5 | ‘ My mother will probably have a very genteel fit of hysteria , and my father will mutter something about it being a ‘ damn shame ’ and your not being ‘ the right kind of girl ’ , and then stomp off for a game of golf . |
| 6 | He would stride ahead to the next junction of corridors , twirling his umbrella , and then wait impatiently for the others to catch up . |
| 7 | But the book 's publishers should be warned : if searches for extraterrestrial intelligence ever pay off , then stand by for an avalanche of orders from interested parties . |
| 8 | Pray for an opportunity to speak to them ( and then look out for the opportunity during the week ) . |
| 9 | Sometimes he was too sick to eat anything all day , but other days he would sleep for a while and then get up for a meal . |
| 10 | ‘ Then get home for a couple of hours . |
| 11 | Ministers should draw up a budget and then pack up for the year . |
| 12 | And when three men turned back just below camp 4 because of bad weather Harry Taylor climbed on … and then set out for the summit on his own . |
| 13 | We ate a hearty breakfast and then set off for the moor . |
| 14 | I nip down to Engineering and borrow a remote ( must keep tabs on things in London ) , then set off for the circus . |
| 15 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 16 | I place an ashtray on the bed in front of her then lean over for a kiss . |
| 17 | We would string together about seven or eight passes , then go backwards for a bit , then sideways , and then eventually the likes of McAllister , Speed , or Dorigo would get fed up , boot the ball in the box for either a ) an easy catch to the goalie , or b ) for Deane to flick it on to an easy catch for the goalie . |
| 18 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 19 | Sympathetic murmurs greet this delicate reference to her own spinsterhood , and the hunters then move in for the kill . |
| 20 | ‘ Then we would probably have a mandatory defence , which we would not duck , and then come back for a third defence against Bruno . ’ |
| 21 | Anyone who seems suitable will receive an informal visit and then come down for a more formal interview . ’ |
| 22 | When cutting , err on the large size , then pare back for an accurate fit , leaving the new timber about 3mm proud of the rest of the sill |