Example sentences of "then [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every few seconds , it stops , executes a pirouette with its head lifted and then dashes off in another direction . |
| 2 | All that happens is that the animal waits until the treated garments are discarded and then homes in on some other , more suitable surface . |
| 3 | Bourner and Hamed ( 1987 ) in their study of CNM graduates have reported that degree performance improves with age until students reach the age of about 40 and then declines back towards that of younger students . |
| 4 | It then starts off on another ‘ rodent-run ’ , watching to see if it is followed . |
| 5 | It then bores on in this vein until our hero — Bjorn Borg , unmistakably — has won Weembledon for the fifth time consecutively . |
| 6 | Each generation in the Church makes its own effort and then hands over to those who follow . |
| 7 | Sandra takes the compliment gracefully , then moves back to those magazine fantasies . |