Example sentences of "then [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two , along with three other directors , in fact set up their own property group with Moorfield Estates Ltd as the parent company , which was then floated on the USM . |
| 2 | The youth laughed then spat on the ground . |
| 3 | They found grasshoppers , beetles , slugs , caterpillars , spiders and then calculated on the basis of their findings that this three-and-a-half acre meadow must contain well over 100,000 large invertebrates . |
| 4 | An overall activity index ( graded from 2 to 9 ) was then calculated on the basis of the patient 's activity ( graded from 1 ( light ) to 3 ( heavy ) ) at work , during their free time and , where applicable , during sporting activity . |
| 5 | The deputy judge then commented on the evidence of the three witnesses in these terms : |
| 6 | This was played with a piece of wood about six inches in length and three quarters of an inch in diameter , sharpened to a point at both ends and then placed on the ground . |
| 7 | These are then placed on the floor , preferably in a room that 's carpeted so that they will not move . |
| 8 | A coating is often then placed on the outside for additional protection . |
| 9 | Potential group members are interviewed , then placed on the waiting list for the next group , and contacted when the group starts . |
| 10 | The rail is then placed on the uprights . |
| 11 | The Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1837 and then rebuilt on the same site in 1877 . |
| 12 | Smirking slightly , Zephyr accepted half a dozen biscuits and a bowl of milky tea , then rolled on the carpet to remove the crumbs from her whiskers . |
| 13 | I passed her a cup and then perched on the bed with mine . |
| 14 | They fed on the flying fish thrown up by pirate ships and whalers — then perched on the rigging , only to be removed at leisure for the cooking pot ! |
| 15 | Having disposed of these points , Bukharin then moved on the question of whether such a general over-production is one of the over-production of capital ( excess capital ) or the over-production of commodities ( excess commodities ) . |
| 16 | SHe pissed into the tube and then turned on the shower . |
| 17 | All eyes then turned on the mother of the child , who had followed her and at once , everything was silent again . |
| 18 | Jazzbeaux took the rubber ducks and Wally Whales out of the tub and threw them away , then turned on the shower , letting the water run . |
| 19 | I stacked a large bowl-sterilizer , then turned on the water . |
| 20 | He locked it , and then turned on the light . |
| 21 | Withdrawal of the prototype Class 44 series of ten was completed in 1981 , and a start was then made on the production Class 45 and 46 fleets . |
| 22 | Three centuries of colonialism were then imposed on the peoples seized from Africa to work on its plantations . |
| 23 | ‘ Its blood is then smothered on the forehead and boots of the players . |
| 24 | Optimistic that they were on the right track , but aware that much still had to be done , first thing on the morning of Monday , 13 March Fleischmann sent a fax to Harwell and then talked on the phone the next day remarking that their information was incomplete , that they had much more to do before they would be confident enough and expressing irritation that they were being ‘ rushed into premature publication ’ . |
| 25 | They took over the main Fleetwood service from the old Company cars , which were then used on the short-workings . |
| 26 | She was then used on the Trent & Mersey Canal as a crane barge for maintenance of the waterway . |
| 27 | One client of a Harvard dealer visited the premises of a medical clinic , then got on the line to his dealer grumbling : " There 's nothing to it ! " |
| 28 | The human rights organization Amnesty International then called on the government to investigate whether human rights had been violated , and a presidential commission accordingly set up recorded allegations of torture from nine of the 13 detainees whom they interviewed , and Pérez on March 24 ordered the release of eight suspects who were still being held . |
| 29 | These are first entered into a data file and then displayed on the relevant function diagram , and a graph is generated by straight lining between these points . |
| 30 | Search and retrieval software loaded into the computer serves as the user 's ‘ electronic hands ’ to sift and access the data on the disc which is then displayed on the computer screen . |