Example sentences of "then [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though of independent means , he worked first with KLG sparking plugs in 1920 , as competition manager , then for Sunbeam from 1924 , as head of their London sales department . |
| 2 | Having decided on 1,000 birds , then for ease of capital , continuity of production the 1,000 must be split into at least four flocks of 200 or eight flocks of 100 . |
| 3 | However , their fortunes were soon to enter on that switchback which took them first to a golden age , and then through impoverishment to extinction as they became first the beneficiaries of factory-produced yarn , and then the victims of their own expansion in numbers and , ultimately , of the power loom . |
| 4 | A long-standing Mitterrand ally , he worked as Secretary-General in the President 's office from 1981 and then as Minister for Social Affairs and National Solidarity in 1982-84 . |
| 5 | Sir Leonard has had a distinguished with I B M which included being seconded by I B M to the National Health Service Management Board , first as Director of Personnel and then as Chairman of the Board . |
| 6 | He had already gained experience of some of the economic problems of the post-war economy in his role as minister at the Board of Trade , from April 1921 to October 1922 , and then as Chancellor of the Exchequer from October 1922 until May 1923 . |
| 7 | If , for that reason , ‘ the ( British ) industrial revolution had swallowed the ( French ) political revolution ’ , then as part of the process , successful Capitalism digested Co-operation as the Owenites had envisaged it . |
| 8 | He then spent eleven years in Leeds , first as curate at St Peter 's ( 1932–8 ) , during which he obtained an MA in the history and philosophy of religion and in Chinese studies at Leeds University , then as vicar of St Matthew 's , Holbeck . |
| 9 | Then after tea in the town hall and a quick break at home , the day climaxed with a trip to the Civic Theatre to see Roald Dahl 's tale The Big Friendly Giant . |
| 10 | So in order to have something that enables you to keep records of two or three hundred customers , and then of course to be able to print out some sort of lists or invoices at the end of it , you would need to pay , probably even now , a couple of thousand pounds , and very often of course more . |
| 11 | And then of course onto the boat . |
| 12 | If the beneficiary dies after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , then of course for CTT purposes any determination or disposal of interest which has taken place since 25/3/74 has constituted a transfer of value and in addition if he is entitled at his death to a beneficial interest in possession in any property remaining in settlement that property falls to be included in the aggregate of the estate immediately before his death , a transfer of value of which he is treated as having made at that time . |
| 13 | Then of course at I mean you , at you could all sorts of things from there . |
| 14 | And then of course at er the time of the lambing time you had to go out and help with the lambing time , you know , to help the shepherds with If he 'd a weakling lamb you 'd always to bring it in the house and then feed it in a bottle . |
| 15 | But then of course with erm , the modern fireworks there is still in injury problem . |
| 16 | And that 's when , you see during I can just remember previous to the war them coming there and then of course during the war there was very very few of them on the road then and then after the war they started to come back and that 's when this Billy and Harry and that came up from the side . |
| 17 | Erm and then of course in a sense almost bringing these things together the , the major and perhaps most influential of these er wars . |
| 18 | And er that 's and then of course and then of course in the other place where they used to do it , they used to just pull these ladders out and these there nets was all folded up and everything ready to do away abroad or anywhere you know . |
| 19 | But that was the only s And then of course in Sanday in the what we call the North End , |
| 20 | and my goodness me it 's got some bounce in it , two years old , yeah and then of course in the paper shop who 's waiting for a paper but Alex , so I said oh I said you all packed ? |
| 21 | Local authority employment increased by 2.5 per cent over the same period , despite a reduction in refuse collection and disposal , the main field till then of tendering to private-sector firms ; ‘ although most of these firms claim to have a national presence , the great bulk of their work is in the South East and coverage of other areas is often patchy ’ ( Le Grand and Robinson , 1984 , 60 ) . |
| 22 | Cos there they had a stark choice then of voting for erm a very low community charge and potentially voting for a very high community charge . |
| 23 | In the eyes of the principals , Congress and the prying media had already lost Vietnam ; now , with their spineless voting first for and then against aid to the contras , they were in the process of losing Nicaragua , too . |
| 24 | 350 yds later turn right by post with yellow arrow waymarkers leaving the coast path and descend to Branscombe church ( first with fence on right , then after doubling back beyond stile down steps then along edge of field ) . |
| 25 | They hoped that the number of troops committed to NATO for conventional defence could be reduced when tactical nuclear weapons , then under development in the US , became available within the Alliance . |
| 26 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 27 | Once a week they met together to discuss , with one of the periti , matters then under debate in the Basilica . |
| 28 | Before they had the motorcycles they had to walk which meant a lot of travelling time and then less time at the , each village when they arrived . |
| 29 | Then into theatre for last rehearsal of new opening . |
| 30 | At 26 Mr MacConachie went into banking with Lloyds and then into finance with the Ford Motor Company , rising to a senior management position during ‘ ten very happy years ’ working all over the UK . |