Example sentences of "then [vb base] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If RC remains steady within 2–3° of its 0° plus/minus drift position , then track straight to the station is being maintained and your estimated drift allowance is correct . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | During aerobic walking your heart and breathing rates increase , level out , then remain there for the duration of the exercise . |
| 4 | Apply it to one of the surfaces then clamp together until the glue sets . |
| 5 | Production from the North Sea is likely to peak either in 1985 or 1986 , plateau , then curve downwards towards the end of the 1980s . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Then say so in the record , the pragmatist would counter . |
| 8 | So take your time to learn the phrasing , start off slowly and then build gradually to the written tempo in each case . |
| 9 | Paul had reasons for the private emptying of his ; he was still treating himself with a solution of the doctor 's recommended potassium permanganate crystals , and had to make his exit quickly when Willie was out of the room , as that gregarious gentleman would have come with him on the same errand ; then hurry outside with the tell-tale purple contents , empty them , rinse the pot at the pump , and come back . |
| 10 | My eyes then focus directly between the top of the windscreen and the roof , and if I 'm at the front at traffic lights , I feel like Ayrton Senna would if you blindfolded him and put him on pole position . |
| 11 | He would stride ahead to the next junction of corridors , twirling his umbrella , and then wait impatiently for the others to catch up . |
| 12 | A few moments later Merrill heard his car start , then roar away into the night . |
| 13 | I had thought that I might ride in a carretta to the edge of the desert , and then walk away over the sand and into the sun . |
| 14 | then speak immediately to the New OED Computer group Manager . |
| 15 | then speak immediately to the New OED Computer Group Manager . |
| 16 | If you mark your cutting line and zig-zag it and then cut just outside the zig-zag , or overlock the edges , it makes a perfectly firm and tidy edge . |
| 17 | Patrick watched Chris setting off down the 10th and then cut across to the 11th green , which was quite close . |
| 18 | Creggan saw Minch staring intently out into this nothingness , and then drop forward to the front of her cage and look fixedly at the benches , and at the harmless litter bin which Woil had used as a stance during his brief escape . |
| 19 | and then you take your long end and you wind above covering the edge and overlapping and then the low , then covering the edge and overlapping , there and again you keep working your way up and down , a figure of eight until you get to the end of your bandage then tie away from the body in your reef knot , either you tuck your ends in or if that 's awkward you can just put a sticking plaster over the ends to get them out of the way like that , so just tuck the ends in and I do n't think your casualty 's going to need a sling for a little graze like that |
| 20 | If you 've set your heart on some specific feature — say , white carpet — and find it 's not feasible or practical or that it 's too expensive , then look sensibly at the alternatives and find a less impossible compromise . |
| 21 | So if you 're looking for something , bit of a pain having to wade through half a dozen pages , if you can go to the index and then jump directly to the relevant page , and then save you a bit of time . |
| 22 | John Johnson said in evidence that he heard two shots and saw the defendant 's car reverse and then drive away from the scene ‘ like a jet . ’ |
| 23 | ONCE there you can ride on the thrilling Tower of Terror roller coaster -rise one hundred giddy feet into the air then plunge headlong into the ruined castle where you 're sure to meet a fiendish surprise . |
| 24 | ( If you did not use application forms or receive c.v.s then refer also to the basic list of questions , p. 100 . ) |
| 25 | Gradually straighten the legs until you are standing upright , then lower slowly to the floor without jerking . |
| 26 | Slowly press upwards until your arms are straight overhead , then lower gradually to the top of the chest again . |
| 27 | Sieve gently , then brush evenly over the top of the pudding . |
| 28 | If need be , I 'll just drive myself around and then find somewhere in the morning . ’ |
| 29 | Turn left again then go right on the path to Bleakdown . |
| 30 | Turn left and head to Rhigian Cottage , then go right on the path through the wooded valley . |