Example sentences of "then [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I work out much I want to sell each work for : my first painting sold for £25 , a small fortune then for an art student , and enough for a holiday in Italy . |
| 2 | Then for an hour , of course , every bemused latecomer — and there were dozens — was greeted with the same ironical cries and laughter . |
| 3 | then we go back to the office then for an hour and people of course will come in then and say why are you booking me but |
| 4 | Immunoprecipitation with mABs was carried out as described by Sonnenberg et al with the modification : cell extracts were first incubated overnight at 4°C with 10 µl of the specific antibody and 10 µl of a species specific polyclonal rabbit lgG ( Dako , Hamburg , Germany ) antibody and then for an incubation period of one hour with 9 mg protein A sepharose at 4°C . |
| 5 | After passing out top of his class he signed up for his National Service and travelled around Europe , first with the King 's Dragoon Guards and then as an officer in the Catering Corps . |
| 6 | Pete Bushell is the second Engine Driver , who before joining the railway in 1981 , worked as a British Rail Fireman on Steam Engines at Stafford and then as an Engine Driver at the Granville Pit , Donnington . |
| 7 | Every business is designed : first as a concept then as an operating system . |
| 8 | While children are notoriously prone to insert small objects into their ears or noses , the dawn of adult sexual awakening heralds a second phase of insertion in both males and females , at first in an exploratory fashion and then as an adjunct to masturbation or to heighten sexual pleasure . |
| 9 | ‘ William , ’ he said , and then as an after-thought added : ‘ You do n't mind if I call you that ? ’ |
| 10 | Then as an example of actual error , in the chapter on Legionnaire 's disease , Joseph McDade is described as re-examining diseased human tissue and discovering multiplying colonies of disease organisms . |
| 11 | A totem , for example , can be described first as it appears , then as an object which has stylised figures in the sculpture . |
| 12 | He wrote a cross against Gareth 's name , and then as an afterthought , a question mark also . |
| 13 | It is quite another matter to be told what taxes to pay and how much unemployment is to be suffered and then as an afterthought to be informed that there is to be no democratic redress . |
| 14 | In 1802 William Jowett was to sail to Jamaica to help sort out his father 's affairs , having acted until then as an accountant for his uncle William at Cotes , Titford and Brookes . |
| 15 | Gold was certainly used as a decorative inlay for bronzes as early as Shang times , but precious metals only began to be highly valued in China comparatively late and then as an outcome of influence from inner Asia and the west . |
| 16 | Should the Programmer be prevented for any reason from completing and delivering the Program by the agreed date , then as an alternative ( in the case of the Programmer 's breach ) to terminating this Agreement the Publisher , after giving the Programmer reasonable notice , may commission the completion of the Program by another programmer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties ; the payment due to the Programmer under Clause 2 shall be altered accordingly ; and the Programmer will immediately deliver to the Publisher such materials as he has prepared , and refund any advance of payment which he has received . |
| 17 | Should the Programmer be prevented for any reason from completing and delivering the Program by the agreed date , then as an alternative ( in the case of the Programmer 's breach ) to terminating this Agreement the Publisher , after giving the Programmer reasonable notice , may commission the completion of the Program by another programmer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties ; the payment due to the Programmer under Clause 2 shall be altered accordingly ; and the Programmer will immediately deliver to the Publisher such materials as he has prepared , and refund any advance of payment which he has received . |
| 18 | I started to wander again , in and out of second-hand bookshops , and then into an amusement arcade . |
| 19 | Still , such evaluation is important because , for example , if the incidence of cardiovascular complications of hypertension is 5/1000/year and if a drug reduces risk by 30% ( that is , by 1.5/1000/year ) then with an increase in cases of cancer of just 2/1000/year a particular drug could do more harm than good . |
| 20 | Then with an exchange of broken English and French , the Captain saw four large brandy barrels being handed over to Jake and his gang . |
| 21 | But even when he was surrounded he continued to lay about him with his sword , and then with an axe when his sword broke , until he went down from a blow to the head . |
| 22 | He pondered gloomily for a moment , then with an effort stretched himself as if climbing into an uncomfortable Sunday suit , and gave judgement . |
| 23 | She smoothed her hair and straightened the shoulder-straps of her black camisole , then with an effort composed her face into an expression of detached amusement as she went back into the other room . |
| 24 | Her eyes fixed on his lips , drawn to the wide mouth as if its imprint was but a breath away , then with an effort she dragged her glance from them , half turning to avoid the intensity of his regard . |
| 25 | Then with an energy which he had not yet displayed he took hold of Patrick . |
| 26 | Then in an instant the look was gone , the painful grip relaxed , and Lady Merchiston was cackling with mirth . |
| 27 | What 's your chances of waking up then in an operation ? |
| 28 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |
| 29 | Her eldest son still has the job he had then in an electronics factory 300 miles away ; her daughter , who was a giggly schoolgirl 15 years ago , is now the mother of three boys ; and her youngest son is now also married and works the family 's half acre of land with his father . |
| 30 | Blackpool has only once bought second-hand trams , and then in an emergency at the end of the First World War . |