Example sentences of "then turn [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patient then turns backwards and lifts the normal leg onto the plinth while the physiotherapist guides the hemiplegic leg as it too is lifted up . |
| 2 | somebody else up you 've got a massive accent , but then turns round and says , Well so have you . |
| 3 | I have offered the fish some of his favourite food ( trout ) but he just ‘ feels ’ it and then turns round and ignores it . |
| 4 | Queenie then turns round and has to try and identify who is hiding the ball . |
| 5 | One side is then printed and the sheet is then turned over and printed from the other edge using the same forme . |
| 6 | To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood . |
| 7 | An increasing number of directors of sponsoring companies are beginning to ask ‘ What did we get for our money ? ’ when they so often see players to whom considerable appearance fees have been paid , losing limply in their first or second round matches and , even worse , then turning round and implying that the only tournaments they really take seriously are the Grand Slams . |
| 8 | Pascoe drove to the Shakespeare hotel and passed it , then turned round and passed it again . |
| 9 | He went to the door , and then turned round and said simply , " You know , I like you . |
| 10 | Yeah , she came into my room running and then turned around and went out hopping ! |
| 11 | But once you 've gone down and turned left then turned right and gone ahead |
| 12 | At the junction with the road she braked just long enough to see that nothing was coming then turned right and careered wildly down the long hill into the village . |
| 13 | Once this was understood , it became part of the pattern and both Wilson and Teresa and even the landlord 's son , who slept in the garret , all sighed at the disturbance then turned over and went back to sleep . |
| 14 | Afterwards , Angelo Dundee , who had trained Ali from the start and had to be talked into showing up for this one , watched him slumped in the dressing-room , then turned away and rubbed his eyes as certain people tried to convince Ali that he had been robbed and that a fourth title was still possible . |
| 15 | He forced himself to bow politely , and then turned away and began to descend the stairs . |
| 16 | He put out his hand , as though he would touch her again , then turned quickly and walked away . |
| 17 | He moved towards the lift and then turned back and said , ‘ Oh , by the way . |
| 18 | Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit . |
| 19 | He stared wide-eyed , then turned aside and looked disdainful while the grizzled , worn features of Duran were screwed up to hide his frustration . |
| 20 | ‘ What if they arm , then turn round and try again ? |
| 21 | Draw into your net all possible defendants , and then turn round and consider all the possible defences open to them on the facts given . |
| 22 | They would row about fifty yards in one direction , then turn round and row back , seemingly over the same ground . |
| 23 | Strictly speaking , you can make beautiful love to your wife for five months and three weeks after finding out that she 's been with someone else , and then turn round and say ‘ I find it intolerable to stay with you ’ . |
| 24 | And one does n't expect thanks , of course , but when they use the handout — and then turn round and start blaspheming , you really do want to chuck the whole business up , and go and become a monk , or something . ’ |
| 25 | I storm across the board and topple his bishop or something , then turn round and find he 's closed the back door . |
| 26 | ‘ I would always shoot on McQueen first to make him commit and then turn around and shoot on Hoffman . |
| 27 | Then turn around and show the back and that 's it . |
| 28 | At the very least such a concentrated and potent force as High Elf cavalry should be able to punch a hole in any enemy line then turn around and attack from the rear . |
| 29 | That 's what a lot of people do , the , they look once and then turn forward and bang ! |
| 30 | Thereafter , because he patently thought my laughter geometry chart was the first sign of incipient lunacy , I would play the lines , then turn upstage and make a huge gesture demonstrating the sausage shape of the laugh , which never failed to roll him up . |