Example sentences of "then at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile , Sir Richard Terry , first at Downside Abbey and then at the newly-built Westminster Cathedral , did important work .
2 Part One ( Chapters 1 to 6 ) looks at the tools needed for plumbing and then at the various pipes and fittings used for the majority of jobs .
3 That way people could stare at him as much as they wanted to and as much as he wanted them to ; then at the crucial moment he would lift his face and turn those famous eyes on his chosen suitor for the evening .
4 Then at the crucial point which only his body can decide , either he 'll drop ’ — she slapped the table — ‘ down to normal inside of a few hours , or his temp .
5 In the middle , humping up the roof like an ungainly pillar , stood the death of William Egan at the hands of Terry Place ; at one end , like a bearing wall , was the whole dead Pitt family , and then at the other end there sprouted , surprisingly , as a kind of ante chapel , the death of the student , Malcolm Kincaid .
6 Suppose the wage rate for the economy is : then at the individual level in Fig. 10–6(a) the equilibrium income leisure choice is at point 1 .
7 Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him .
8 Then he looked up at the Trunchbull , then at the tall stringy cook with her lemon-juice mouth .
9 It was D'Oyly Carte , of Gilbert and Sullivan fame , who invited César Ritz , then at the Grand Hotel , Monte Carlo , to come to London and take charge of his recently opened Savoy Hotel .
10 Sweetheart stared at the mess on the kitchen floor , then at the unhappy little boy , then back at the ruined flowers .
11 Then at the appropriate moment , he unfurled a battered black umbrella , shielding his camera as he came down from the car .
12 They looked about them a bit hazily and then at the bleeding half-thing that had been the young boy and scuttled into a corner .
13 Then at the right moment the two beams of particles could be brought together to collide .
14 he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing …
15 Looking first of all then at the operational performance of the aircraft , you have told us already in written answers that in the light of the changed security situation you have relaxed the Eurofighter requirement .
16 Unlike his cousin , Alexander 's nephew , Sidney Gilchrist Thomas [ q.v. ] , with whom he was to collaborate , Percy received a complete education , first at Felsted School , and then at the Royal School of Mines ( 1868–71 ) , where he trained as a metallurgist and analytical chemist and was Murchison medallist in July 1870 .
17 He spent like four hours or something with the attorney general and with these three other staff over there … and they spent most of the time talking about all aspects of the Iran initiative and so forth , and then at the very end Meese pulled out that April memo … and said , ‘ what about this ? ’
18 She looked at his broad back , then at the short trousers , and smiled to herself , returning her attention to her coffee .
19 Motionless on his stool , Frankie stared first at Buddie 's dark profile , then at the huge brown and black body curled in the corner .
20 She had laughed then at the vivid imagination of the child , but now for a brief moment she saw the city as Maggie saw it , basking in the first rays of the sun and oblivious to the dangerous mist below that might suck it in before it could wake up and take wing against the now blue blue sky .
21 He was educated at home , and at the King Jan Sobieski Gymnasium in Cracow , then at the Jagiellonian University , where he studied physics , mathematics , and philosophy , gaining his doctorate in the last subject ‘ with the highest imperial honours ’ in 1908 .
22 The constable looked at Luke 's implacable face , then at the growing crowd that was beginning to re-group .
23 Patrick Cosgrave , then at the Conservative Research Department , listed the changes he thought necessary in the text , but the Director of the Research Department , Brendon Sewill , was not happy about the suggestion .
24 Margaret Clifton taught for a time in England , and then at the British Institute School in Madrid .
25 ‘ We met then at the local hunt polo match at Down Farm , ’ she said .
26 Er when it comes down to application at the local sense then at the local level , I think my colleagues might be able to er give more enlightenment on that .
27 For further empirical proof of the theoretical pudding , let us look first at the French , and then at the Italian achievements .
28 Again and again , Dorian Gray went secretly to the room and looked first at the ugly and terrible face in the picture , then at the beautiful young face that laughed back at him from the mirror .
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