Example sentences of "then [vb base] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then sand lightly with fine steel wool , and dust off thoroughly , finishing with a tacky rag . |
| 2 | Two o'clock — I then sit down in front of the television with a pen and piece of paper and watch the schools programme which I like because you can have a rest from writing and reading . |
| 3 | A splatter of sparks fell like miniature stars , the light flickered for a fraction of a second , hissed venomously and then splat again into darkness and silence . |
| 4 | They 'll pin us down and then swarm all over us . ’ |
| 5 | Once the invariant set is attracting , there is the possibility that the unstable manifold of the origin , which first strikes the return plane at R or L and which then wanders chaotically around the strange attractor forever , may eventually strike AD and then tend back towards the origin . |
| 6 | Bring the soup to the boil , stirring from time to time , then simmer slowly for 45–60min , until the vegetables are soft and the lentils have cooked and thickened the soup . |
| 7 | Then simmer gently for about 30 to 45 minutes . |
| 8 | Whether or not the avoidable harm , injury , and suffering should then be called ‘ crime ’ is a point legal theorists then dance on for ever ; but a ‘ crime ’ by any other name causes at least just as much pain and grief . |
| 9 | If RC remains steady within 2–3° of its 0° plus/minus drift position , then track straight to the station is being maintained and your estimated drift allowance is correct . |
| 10 | To disappear without so much as a phone call or a postcard for three years and then breeze back down the path from the town and across the bridge-rubber handlebars just clearing the sides and no more — carrying somebody else 's baby or babies and expecting to be housed , fed , nursed and delivered by my father was a little presumptuous . |
| 11 | As soon as the bell goes for the start of school we go to our tutor group rooms to drop off our bags and coats and then make straight for the hall . |
| 12 | Leave for 1 hour , then knead again before using . |
| 13 | Hook a triple transfer tool in three needles at left of centre , pull the needles to E position then push back to A position — once the stitches are on the transfer tool , it is safe to lift them out of the needles . |
| 14 | Dip a cotton bud into cuticle-remover and go round each cuticle , then push back with a rubber-tipped hoofstick . |
| 15 | During aerobic walking your heart and breathing rates increase , level out , then remain there for the duration of the exercise . |
| 16 | Apply it to one of the surfaces then clamp together until the glue sets . |
| 17 | Mix well , then bind together with a little beaten egg . |
| 18 | Production from the North Sea is likely to peak either in 1985 or 1986 , plateau , then curve downwards towards the end of the 1980s . |
| 19 | Repeat on the other side 20 times , then repeat again on both sides , with 20 mini raises on each side . |
| 20 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides , this time with just 20 mini raises on each side . |
| 21 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides , this time with just 20 mini raises on each side . |
| 22 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |
| 23 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |
| 24 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |
| 25 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |
| 26 | Roll over and repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |
| 27 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |
| 28 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |
| 29 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |
| 30 | Repeat on the other side , then repeat again on both sides . |