Example sentences of "then [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yeah , well , in my head , ’ she says dismissively , then adds a wry smile . |
| 2 | This then has a knock-on effect on interest rates throughout the economy . |
| 3 | ‘ It is rather like copying the squirrel who collects nuts all through the summer when he can and then has a good store for the lean winter months . ’ |
| 4 | Why then has a divorced man , who cheerfully admits he is the wrong side of 50 and used to a fairly fancy-free existence , decided to play Good Samaritan to Bosnian refugees ? |
| 5 | Each segment then has a basic cost rate for a standard spot , in each of the time lengths allowed . |
| 6 | A girl of 13 is wooed by a 47-year-old man and then has a physical relationship with him . |
| 7 | It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose . |
| 8 | The puzzle can be left on screen and the child then uses a light pen or joystick to indicate the hidden words . |
| 9 | First he has an Idea , say a sweet Melachrino-type string sound ; he then decides this will take an orchestra of say 24 players ( sidemen ) and then chooses a suitable conductor and arranger . |
| 10 | The program then chooses a neighbouring word ( the sense of which is unambiguous ) and determines the syntactic relation between this word and the word in question . |
| 11 | It then assigns a key worker to discuss the move with the child and his or her social worker and carers . |
| 12 | She scans our hand for a while and then adopts a worried look . |
| 13 | Her oldest son then gets a white girl pregnant , and the baby has to be aborted , as Government rules allow under these circumstances . |
| 14 | That can also be used to build up a market which then justifies a new plant or extension . ’ |
| 15 | It then takes a major blow to fracture it . |
| 16 | She turns on her back to get her breath , then swims a slow breaststroke out to the centre . |
| 17 | He rises slowly , but then delivers a fierce tirade of Which any Sergeant Major would be proud . |
| 18 | This then forms a solidified jelly impervious to water . |
| 19 | It then demands a mental fight to regain physical control . |
| 20 | 5 The defender then lands a reverse punch . |
| 21 | The court then fixes a pre-trial review , giving notice to the plaintiff and defendant and endorsing notice thereof on the third party notice . |
| 22 | These return the parts — amended if they see fit ( and they often do , very substantially ) — to the full committee , which then recommends a revised budget to the house . |
| 23 | Then follows a long descent along a forest avenue to Loch Maree . |
| 24 | Then follows a fascinating history of dieting and a scathing analysis of contemporary diet aids . |
| 25 | In the above example the upper part ends the canon when the lower one is only at its mid-point , and then follows a free path . |
| 26 | The intersection of the appropriate output characteristic with the output load line then gives a good approximation to which in turn leads to a better value of from the input characteristics and input load line . |
| 27 | A glance down the left-hand margin then gives a quick summary of the work noted on that page . |
| 28 | This then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy , police officers , magistrates and social workers will be more likely to be stricter with female offenders ; and thus more females will be convicted of crimes . |
| 29 | Idea-management then becomes a necessary activity . |
| 30 | With your preparation and your prospecting complete it then becomes a simple matter of erecting the net in the right place on the night . |