Example sentences of "then [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I let my gaze wander to the open grassy strip at the side of the block , which was almost completely empty of life , and then on to the red buses and cars hurrying along the main road . |
| 2 | All lighting circuits are radial ones — that is one cable goes from the fuseway in the consumer unit to the first light position , and then on to the second , and so on to the last on the circuit . |
| 3 | No patients would be identified and the information would be confidentially passed to the British Medical Association and then on to the Home Office . |
| 4 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 5 | I cut the clothing away from the wound and shook a quantity of powder from the tin on to the wound , then on to the next one . |
| 6 | Much of the film shows the painter simply going about his task , first scratching outlines on parchment and then on to the canvas . |
| 7 | A chance for a swim then on to the friendly and charming island of Paxos for the evening . |
| 8 | Stage migration occurs when a peasant moves to a provincial town for some time and then on to the city . |
| 9 | She was bum up in the air , small head to one side ‘ gnawing her way through Donald 's portion and then on to the rest of the poisoned carcass of the chicken , which Henry added to her plate . |
| 10 | Not looking at the cows , but keeping her eyes fixed straight ahead , she pushed her bike past them and then on to the footpath . |
| 11 | Roy signed for aspiring Ipswich Town , then still of the 3rd Division , but helped them into Division Two the next season and then on to the 1st Division Championship . |
| 12 | Then we 'd come back to the digs , wash our hair , have a wash if we were lucky , then on to the theatre . |
| 13 | We were scheduled to fly out over East Anglia and the North Sea , crossing the coast of Holland and then on to the Ruhr as far as Cologne , returning over the same route . |
| 14 | It would roll around on the carpet , then leap on to the piano and then on to the pianist 's lap , where it would start licking the hands that played the magic notes . |
| 15 | Then on to the next sound . |
| 16 | We include a brief visit to Wroclaw ( Breslau ) for sightseeing and then on to the attractive town of Zielona Gora for an overnight stay . |
| 17 | I imagined his grandfather leading his tribe as it migrated from Al Ain to Abu Dhabi , then on to the Liwa and beyond towards Qatar . |
| 18 | Then on to the next house where they slyly accept a poster and bin it as soon as your back is turned ; and then to the next where support is promised if only your party in exchange guarantees to persecute , imprison and preferably execute certain categories of non-white-skinned people . |
| 19 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 20 | I suppose the most regular walk I do around Malham begins and ends at the village itself , going first by Janet 's Foss to Gordale Scar then on to the Tarn and back by the Cove . |
| 21 | Now you may want to leave everything to your surviving spouse and then on to the children , that 's natural . |
| 22 | Illegal shipments seized at customs went round like a kiss at a party — police , SAS , departments like the one Todd ran … then on to the people they 'd been intended for in the first place — the syndicates who brought them down to street level , street prices . |
| 23 | ‘ Stephen , we promised to go to Danny and Pauline 's for drinks and then on to the Bagatelle . ’ |
| 24 | He swerved and avoided the worst of the impact , but was catapulted on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the pavement . |
| 25 | Certainly I felt , for the first time , that sense of anticipation , of excitement almost , at the prospect ahead of me — a journey down the whole coast of South America , and then on to the very southernmost rim of the world . |
| 26 | A quick cup of tea with Ewen and then on to the Loganair Twin Otter which slithered up the slushy runway and took the over-sea route to avoid the worst weather en route to Barra stopping at Benbecula . |
| 27 | This level should , Leathart advised , be pushed on with speed to the Great Cross-course , and then on to the second fault , seen in the northern end of Fleming 's , which had cut off the vein , and there to institute a search . |
| 28 | A pleasant week in the Bristol Channel when we reached Bristol once more , then on to the Scillies in a nasty little summer gale , finally reaching Southampton at the end of June . |
| 29 | Then on to the spacious dining saloon with its white and gold decor , now alive with the movement of gold-braided , be-medalled uniforms alongside glamorous ladies in evening dress . |
| 30 | It was n't even properly on the Foulness road , but a track from the road led to it , and then on to the camp ; about a quarter of a mile away . |