Example sentences of "then [vb base] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Check that your new box position is level , then chip out the plaster and masonry with hammer and steel chisel or bolster |
| 2 | Hold the piston with a wrench and use another to unscrew the washer cover , then prise out the old washer and fit a replacement . |
| 3 | Prepare the ground as already described , then make up a mix of 1 cement to 5 sand , with a minimum of water . |
| 4 | Then make up a minimum of 650 calories ( more , if you are allowing yourself between 1,000 and 1,500 a day ) from Fibre-Filler ( see page 65 ) and the meals on the F-Plan menus . |
| 5 | His grandfather had explained that the only true way to bake bread was to burn it black and then rasp off the burnt extremities with a coarse file . |
| 6 | The aim of the game is to gas as many Jews as possible and then sell off the residual gold teeth . |
| 7 | Then bring up every 20th needle on the ribber to working position . |
| 8 | Well just carry stitches and then bring in a bit and then double up . |
| 9 | No take and then bring back the |
| 10 | round that square then back up the other way betwe up through the factories |
| 11 | This chapter illustrates some attractors : these static illustrations are a poor substitute for watching the trajectories approach and then wind around the attractor , and for following the sequence of bifurcations ( changes in type of attractor ) as a parameter is changed . |
| 12 | He watched her drape a folded sheet and towel over one arm , then pick up a covered tea-tray and step from the bright kitchen to the gloomy corridor . |
| 13 | And we used to do thirty-six holes a day ; caddie for one player in the morning and then pick up a fresh bag for the afternoon . |
| 14 | They land in a field among crop circles ( they bought crop circle footage off National Geographic , and when they watched it the only car you could see in it was — synchronicity ! — a red station wagon … ) and then pick up a hitch-hiking alien . |
| 15 | If you then pick up a bonus , because the team could n't answer it maybe , er , you will get a bonus for your team . |
| 16 | Then pick up the pace to within 20 to 30 seconds per mile of your 10K race pace and hold that for seven minutes . |
| 17 | Then pick up the next two stitches and put them on needles 1 and 2 ( one already on needle 1 ) . |
| 18 | From Baden , those in a hurry might take the motorway east to the outskirts of Zurich , then pick up the northbound motorway , carrying on through Jestetten . |
| 19 | To do this , divide the party votes by 1 , 2 , 3 and so on , then pick out the highest five ( or ten or whatever ) figures from the resultant matrix , below . |
| 20 | Now , the cheats amongst us ( like me ) will discover that you can import graphics into the Cel editor , and will quickly come to the conclusion that very lifelike images can be formed by using a scanner to scan individual frames from a film , and then pick out the bits they want and place them on cels to form a small animated sequence . |
| 21 | The age-old method of casting bells was to make a clay mould of the inside shape of the bell , then build up a layer of beeswax round it to the shape and thickness of the finished bell . |
| 22 | Then skim off the fat , pour the juices back into the roasting tin and bubble them up . |
| 23 | Clients will announce their intentions to the group , and then report back the following week . |
| 24 | Basically , you take a good slug of tequila ( ice cold if poss ) and add a splash of lime juice , then top up a five-ounce glass with champagne — or Sainsbury 's Asti Spumante , whichever comes first to hand . |
| 25 | Stir in the cornflour , Sweetex Granulated , orange and lemon rind , then cook over a low heat stirring constantly until the mixture boils and thickens . |
| 26 | That was his Sunday ritual : over to Harry 's for cards as soon as lunch was eaten , and back at exactly a quarter after six , to read the Sunday papers and then sleep off the drink . |
| 27 | Fall down , then fly up the pipe , use flying power to get the weight above you , go right , fall down , fall down again , go left to the main wall , jump up and throw the weight onto the button , go up the pipe , right , up on the lift and collect the weight , go left , fall down and throw the weight on the button , go down , right , up on the lift , left and up the pipe , go right ( dodge the guillotine ) and leg it to the door . |
| 28 | I watched Pa mark the first blade with yellow chalk , pull down his welder 's mask , then winch up the grinding wheel till it just pinged against the right-hand end of the blades , throwing a couple of sparks . |
| 29 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 30 | When all construction has been completed in accordance with the diagrams , check all interwiring etc. carefully , set the rotary switch to ‘ 2 Minutes ’ and then power up the unit . |