Example sentences of "then [v-ing] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman has been an unknown quantity since injuring his right shoulder prior to last year 's Masters , then reinjuring it at the US Open in Minneapolis . |
| 2 | When the burning heat in his body had at last broken , she had concentrated on his arm , washing the wound constantly by setting a bowl outside to catch the clean rainwater and then replacing it with the pail , changing the two receptacles again and again . |
| 3 | This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment . |
| 4 | The drama comes from separating the tooth germ of a mouse embryo from the overlying sheet and then recombining it with the cell sheet enclosing the limb , but which would normally form skin . |
| 5 | The family had finished their supper when she got home , but her temper was soothed by her reception : Herr Nordern coming from the bedroom to greet her , Omi fussing , Erika getting her meal , even Paul helping her off with her coat , although he rather spoiled his effect by then chucking it over the back of a chair instead of hanging it up . |
| 6 | Spartak defender Victor Onopko smacked Rushie while in the penalty box , but instead of pointing it out to the referee and then playing it by the book , we had David Burrows tearing into an absolutely scandalous tackle and the tone was set . |
| 7 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 8 | ‘ Given that an angry parent might just conceivably break Gray 's neck for , as you put it , touching up his youngster , why should he go to the trouble of severing the head , and then putting it in the Cathedral font ? |
| 9 | The board is steered away from the wind by initially inclining the rig forwards and then leaning it over the windward side of the board . |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe just as significant , this is n't a case of the corporate centre devising a policy and then imposing it on the regions — far from it . |