Example sentences of "then [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 If you if you need to do something about it , then er in order to secure that order for a hundred , then sell them at the old price .
2 Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year .
3 For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon .
4 He could borrow enough to buy an asset in the cash market , hold on to it for T years ( earning any income but bearing any carrying costs including interest on borrowed funds involved ) , and then sell it in the cash market and also repay the loan with interest .
5 When children are encouraged to thread beads on a lace to match a particular pattern and then repeat it to the end of the lace , there is development of the idea of sequence .
6 Begin what seems to be a front kick , then change it at the last moment into a high roundhouse kick .
7 Then display it in the nice rosewood frame above the mantelpiece in that new home you 're now too poor to furnish ?
8 Pull your hand down and move the carriage further if necessary to release the weaving yarn , then lay it across the needles from the other side ready for the next row .
9 " Scald a sufficient quantity of fruit , and pulp it through a sieve , add sugar agreeable to taste , make a thick layer of this at the bottom of your dish : mix a pint of milk , a pint of cream , and the yolks of two eggs : scald it over the fire , observing to stir it : add a small quantity of sugar , and let it get cold : then lay it over the apples or gooseberries with a spoon , and put on the whole a whip [ a syllabub ] made the day before .
10 Memorize and then say them in the way that moves you emotionally , noticing the sound ( or memory of sound ) , the appearance and the sensation as you say them aloud .
11 Then , by periodically removing the inverted bottles from their positions , she would shake them , then replace them in the holes .
12 Get an overhaul kit for your old pump then replace it in the vehicle .
13 Dip the cobbles in water , then press them into the mortar .
14 Take the coin and wet it with water , and then press it against the victim 's head for a short time ‘ to get it to stick ’ .
15 Cut two white holes in it , then send them in the bank , it 'll be chocolate !
16 The retinal nerve cells process some of the information and then send it through the optic nerve to the brain .
17 When you 've done that , open the saloon deck hatch and put the sweaters on hangers , then hook them over the coaming .
18 He had watched her apply a smear of eye-black below her lower lashes , then dust it with the palest face-powder until her eyes appeared extra large and dark-rimmed .
19 Cool this slightly and then place it into the shells and chill until set .
20 You then place it in the neck of a balloon and blow it up and tie it with the piece of paper inside .
21 Tell them what you 're going to tell them before you tell them , and then summarise it at the end and tell them what you told them .
22 She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door .
23 If we need people with financial experience and managerial experience , then appoint them to the local to the Police Committee , given them a job to do , they 're the ones that are should advise the Chief Constable and the Police Committee as to whether they 're spending the right of money on computers and are using it properly , not whether they 're using them operationally correctly .
24 It requires deep-frying but , if you 're worried about the high fat content , quickly brown the strips of fish in a little shallow oil fist , then bake them in the oven at 180C/350F/Gas 4 for 10–15 minutes , and you 'll find they cook quite crisply with less fat .
25 It may be poached in water or stock , but I prefer to cook it in the microwave , then coat it with the black butter .
26 If clay granules are used , it would be advisable to dry them first in the sun , and then spread them as the first layer , before putting the other layers of peat and sand .
27 Angela reproduced it using John Oliver paints , then spread it throughout the house on doors , banisters , fireplace surrounds — sometimes even ceilings .
28 If the helicopter is moving , to stop it you must apply an opposite control movement and then remove it at the precise moment that the helicopter stops .
29 I think if you can calf them and then put them onto the floor I think when there are sides that they can feed for themselves more there would be nothing wrong with a floor byre at all really .
30 Like we 've had women who have wet their knickers and then put them on the radiator to dry , or just swilled them out in the sink and end up with a smelly room .
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