Example sentences of "then [verb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you if you need to do something about it , then er in order to secure that order for a hundred , then sell them at the old price . |
| 2 | This means you get the debt guaranteed by a bank in the buyer 's country , then sell it at a discount to another bank . |
| 3 | Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year . |
| 4 | He will then answer them at the council meeting . |
| 5 | Begin what seems to be a front kick , then change it at the last moment into a high roundhouse kick . |
| 6 | Norman has been an unknown quantity since injuring his right shoulder prior to last year 's Masters , then reinjuring it at the US Open in Minneapolis . |
| 7 | Tell them what you 're going to tell them before you tell them , and then summarise it at the end and tell them what you told them . |
| 8 | If they are in a minority , then let them at least refrain from throwing difficulties in the way of those who have undertaken an almost superhuman task , on the successful fulfilment of which depends the well being , the prosperity and the duration of the whole British Empire . |
| 9 | If the helicopter is moving , to stop it you must apply an opposite control movement and then remove it at the precise moment that the helicopter stops . |
| 10 | I hope that you will have dinner with me , but if you ca n't make it , then telephone me at my London address before Thursday lunchtime , after which date I will be on my way up north and my movements are unpredictable . |
| 11 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 12 | This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment . |
| 13 | Mrs Files picked up a tea cloth , buried her face in it , laughing , then shook it at him with delighted outrage . |
| 14 | Every evening I 'd return from school , do my chores and my homework ( and smoke five Woodbines ) , then meet him at Corporation Street baths at 5.30 . |
| 15 | Fujitsu and Hitachi have made no effort to leapfrog IBM by introducing entirely new machines , for this would defeat the plug-compatible strategy : to let IBM create the demand and then meet it at lower prices . |
| 16 | He had all three and felt that at last the play was under way : this was why he had struck north ; this was why he had learned his part ( and God bless Major General Lake of Dumfries and God keep him there ) ; this was his great opportunity and ‘ O Lord , ’ he prayed to himself , ‘ if it is true that You have love even for the worst of Your sinners and let Your Son welcome into Paradise the thief on the cross who by a single act redeemed a life of evil , then remember me at Hause Point , remember how I tried to obey Your will and how I saved that innocent young girl and help me here because I swear , if I succeed in my intention here , I will lead a life of charity and Christian duty to the end . |
| 17 | It was therefore tempting , and usually easy , to import excessive quantities of goods and then resell them at a profit to local merchants , " from whom " , wrote Callières in 1697 , " they receive a tribute , for lending their names to defraud the Sovereign of his dues " . |
| 18 | I said I 'm on a YTS , she went oh she said I do n't know if you 're for them , I said er well if you do n't I 'll find out and then tell you at the she goes , yeah , we 'll do that she says but I do , I do n't know if owe have to pay for them or not , you know she said I think you 're supposed to have a form . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ They tried to batter me into taking the job , then rang me at home and tried again . |
| 20 | Well you you buy it all at thirty three or twenty five percent discount so you can then sell it at a bit more . |
| 21 | He drew on his cigar carefully , then waved it at the major . |
| 22 | You 'll be fed up then having me at home . |
| 23 | The Poles bore the massive burden of state subsidies and international debt repayments first to create Gdynia and then to run it at rates that would undercut the Danzig trade . |
| 24 | She once again passed Drew in the street at about 5.10 and then saw him at the theatre at 6.30 , when he came into her dressing room to ask if his make-up was correct . |
| 25 | They used to make like ornaments out of scrap things , you know oh they was alright , they , they used to bring them in a a lorry used to bring them er in a morning then collect them at night you know . |
| 26 | In those days before altimeters , height could be deduced , given the availability of a barometer , by the simple process of recording the mercury column before take-off then reading it at intervals during the flight . |
| 27 | If anybody wants to employ them , they should know before , and then employ them at their own risk . |
| 28 | ‘ He gets us into this mess , then legs it at the first sniff of trouble ! ’ |
| 29 | She just puts March ninety eight and then leave it at that . |
| 30 | I did it there originally and then did it at festivals all over the country . |