Example sentences of "then [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to be capable of jumping in formation in the dark with full equipment and a bundle of supplies and then landing together in the right place takes some doing . |
| 2 | They left in the early morning , swishing through the wet grass on the valley floor , then climbing steeply into the thick of the mist and cloud . |
| 3 | I tried staying in town overnight and then driving home during the day to spend time with Maisie . |
| 4 | ( Do this by pencilling over the side of the paper , turning it over on to the icing and then pressing gently over the lines again . ) |
| 5 | Now initially er starting er starting May er for suppliers to be the adverts for from the beginning of the summer holidays and then looking forward to the Christmas trade . |
| 6 | He hesitated for a moment as to what to do ; then looking again at the woman at the table , who was now smiling at him , he sat down in the chair , and for the next ten minutes he listened to the banter between the two of them . |
| 7 | Twice winner of the Paris event , seventh last year in London and then sprinting away in the final 200 metres to win the Berlin marathon ahead of Plaatjes , Brace has collected more money than he could have ever earned in his chosen profession of teaching . |
| 8 | The various exercises encourage the students to use their prior knowledge in attacking the text , getting the gist , and then going deeper into the meaning . |
| 9 | Then going home with the noisy flock of children from school I had ever such new , new idea . |
| 10 | Then moving quietly along the landing in his bare feet , he came to Jenny 's bedroom door . |
| 11 | We watched as the kite swept across the valley , ascending so high that it was just a speck in the distance , and then swooping gracefully over the horizon , to appear again from behind the next hill . |
| 12 | So the high-speed ocean-going fish — tuna , bonito , marlin , mackerel — have most marvellously streamlined bodies , sharply pointed in the front , swelling quickly to maximum diameter and then tapering elegantly to the two-bladed symmetrical tail fin . |
| 13 | Briefly , their ‘ epidemic ’ model proposes that , from a stable endemic baseline , the number of new cases of heroin use ( incidence ) in a community increases rapidly for four years before peaking at ten times the level of initial endemic incidence in year five , and then dropping sharply to the previous endemic level during years six and seven ( see Figure 3.2 ) . |
| 14 | For example , holding the breath during the execution of a move and then exhaling sharply at the moment of contact can concentrate power and increase speed . |
| 15 | This is done first by examining the analytics of the cost and demand sides , the subject of this chapter , and then concentrating more on the internal structure of the firm ( in chapter 3 ) , in order to move on to the question of efficiency . |
| 16 | Then sliding reluctantly over the ocean came a thunderous grey cloud , and under it was the crumpled , dark green lozenge of sulky Dominica . |
| 17 | Ten minutes later , dressed in a pair of grey trousers and the same red jacket she 'd been wearing yesterday , she was turning into the hotel car park , slotting her Mini quickly into one of the spaces , then striding resolutely towards the hotel 's main entrance . |