Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This recovery has been made necessary because , as we have seen , the rhetorical and historical use of anthropology got so disastrously mixed up in the work of the founders and produced a false picture of the idyllic classless community which was later termed primitive communism and then got further confused with the type of society the Marxists were trying to construct in the future . |
| 2 | At invisible signals they dropped into trees , then rose again to stream upwards , circle , and resettle . |
| 3 | He then rose rapidly to become chief conductor at La Scala , Milan , and later became musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra and , for the past three years , of the Vienna State Opera . |
| 4 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
| 5 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
| 6 | When he put both test tubes in b 's territory , b tried to attack a through the glass and a tried to flee ; Tinbergen then moved both test tubes across to a 's territory , and now a tried to attack , and b to flee . |
| 7 | She froze for a moment , then bent slowly to pick it up , her fingers confirming the shape of her earring inside . |
| 8 | Reluctantly , he pushed the money across the table towards her , then bent forward to listen . |
| 9 | Shortly afterwards he left the licensed dealer which then tried unsuccessfully to get him sacked from the stockbroker he had persuaded to give him a job . |
| 10 | Not only that , she administered artificial respiration and brought you round , and then came here to get help . |
| 11 | The two groups then came together to begin the real business of the day — finding a shared appreciation of the situation in which they were to operate . |
| 12 | But then United suddenly fought back ; in the eighty sixth minutes , a great scramble in the Wolves goalmouth and Mark Stein , the substitute who had replaced Martin Foyle , shot home from close range . |
| 13 | Duvall cursed aloud , fired one last shot directly into the door and whatever lay beyond it , heard the resounding roar of anger and rage … and then retreated hastily back up the stairs towards them . |
| 14 | The goldfinches pecked neatly and precisely : The snow buntings burrowed energetically , discarding dead stalks and leaves with a quick flick of the head ; then dug deeper to get at the hidden seeds , their busy movements leaving visible impressions . |
| 15 | He stood in front of it and then turned slowly to face the Square , willing his salvation . |
| 16 | Two minutes before , he had driven over the humpback bridge by the Berkeley Hunt kennels , then turned immediately left into Mill Lane , alongside the brook , where there was a convenient little spot by the bridge , ideal for launching small craft . |
| 17 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 18 | There was a wide space beside the staircase , the stairs rose up to the boys ' bedroom wall , then turned left to join the landing . |
| 19 | After a second T'zin nodded an acknowledgement , then turned ostentatiously to speak to Jehan , Burun 's grandson , who was seated on his right . |
| 20 | He conceded a treble at the next end but then raced away to win by 11 clear shots . |
| 21 | He kicked open the doors to bedroom and kitchen , established that there was no one hiding behind them , and then raced across to kneel by Ray Doyle . |
| 22 | Laird scissored with his stand-off and then displayed both pace and power to race 50 metres to the Colleges line where , although tackled , he popped up a pass to fellow-centre Willie Weatherhead who scored , Livingstone converting . |
| 23 | Snappy bounded after her for a few yards , then scampered away to follow his mistress . |
| 24 | It resisted for a moment , then swung completely open , and they stood on the threshold , goggling in . |
| 25 | It 's where shaving 's for weddings , ties are for funerals and tea is brewed in a billy , then swung overhead to settle the leaves ( or to scare the spiders away , depending on who 's pulling your leg ) . |
| 26 | Amused by this demonstration of Portuguese laissez-faire , Ashley watched for a minute or two , then swung away to begin her shopping . |
| 27 | He gave her a hard-eyed stare , then swung away to look out of the window . |
| 28 | The Sheikh spoke quietly to his chauffeur , then stepped forward to acknowledge them with a courteous inclination of the head . |
| 29 | The Scots opened up a 20-shot lead over Ireland after just five ends and then pulled away to finish convincing 56-shot winners . |
| 30 | On arrival there , the passengers were dropped , the bus reversed into Bourne Avenue , then pulled forward to start the return journey . |