Example sentences of "then [verb] [prep] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maria attended a play centre at school in the evening and was then looked after by a neighbour . |
| 2 | Less formal matters were then attended to by Doncaster . |
| 3 | And er and then got ta by himself . |
| 4 | Free arachidonic acid is then acted upon by the system of microsomal enzymes known as prostaglandin synthetase which is composed of cyclo-oxygenase and peroxidase activities . |
| 5 | The apocrine secretions are diluted by sweat , and then acted upon by bacteria living in the protective jungle of hairs , to form distinctive body odours . |
| 6 | Isis then cured Re by reciting a spell and with her new power became one of the mightiest goddesses . |
| 7 | However , it is my belief that when rabbits were introduced here and multiplied they were then predated upon by animals already resident . |
| 8 | A good example of the unacknowledged influence of the model may be found in the ready adoption by many sociolinguists of the notion of prestige to explain the patterns of sociolinguistic stratification which have become so familiar ; the persistence and spread of low -status forms is then accounted for by the notion of covert prestige ( Trudgill 1983a , chapter 9 ) . |