Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This union and other unions have protested most vigorously to the Mersey Region and they decided then to go ahead with the appeals by approaching other trade unions , not necessarily involved in clinical skills , like the plumbers and the joiners of the A U E W and the EPTU . |
| 2 | Mr. Belville is after to come to town to settle matters and then to go down to her where they are to live as man and wife . |
| 3 | Furthermore , it suggest that those people who had become unemployed because of a temporary job coming to an end were just as likely to be unemployed for only a short spell and then to go back to work , and that they were less likely to have been continuously unemployed throughout the following year ( Moylan/Millar/Davies , 1984 ) . |
| 4 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 5 | Then sand lightly with fine steel wool , and dust off thoroughly , finishing with a tacky rag . |
| 6 | Automated welding machines need to be fed with the various pressed sheet steel panels and sub-assemblies which are then welded together under automatic control . |
| 7 | The cutting , too , has meaning : fast , significant , hinting , pausing for an instant on an idea then darting away as if to shrink from a risky suggestion . |
| 8 | Much may be blamed on the impermeable Alan Beith , who has been at Berwick since 1973 and thinks nothing to striding round five villages , after starting on Holy Island in the sort of rain that suggests God getting out the strap , and then darting up to Duns in what was Berwickshire , Scotland , to do a broadcast . |
| 9 | But perhaps she had seen others at the tree tops , for she clattered her talons violently on the top of her cage , crashed down on to its concrete floor , her wings smashing against the branch that projected across her cage , and then lunged forward at the door of her cage , driven by an impulse that spoke of a terrible longing to be free . |
| 10 | It was n't just the sustained rumbling growls rising to a frenzy as two dogs threatened each other then lunged together in a bitter embrace , each asserting its place in the hierarchy , the priority of its rights over the red bitch . |
| 11 | He clicked his fingers for Nosey to follow him , then rode northwards in the dusk . |
| 12 | But Will caught a fever and then rode home through the cold spring rain . |
| 13 | He cantered back and forth on the gravel beach , then rode off through a corn field . |
| 14 | Media Production The contents of the files produced by the HARDCOPY FORMATTER must be transcribed onto the desired hard copy media , then checked visually by the user to ensure that a good copy has been produced . |
| 15 | The tube of Tenax then fits directly into a gas chromatograph . |
| 16 | The power of the sun would then be harvested by an array of silicon or gallium arsenide solar cells and then beamed back to earth by microwave and converted into low-frequency , alternating current electricity and fed into the USA 's grid . |
| 17 | Two o'clock — I then sit down in front of the television with a pen and piece of paper and watch the schools programme which I like because you can have a rest from writing and reading . |
| 18 | He seemed agitated , restlessly pacing about , looking out into the crowds , then drawing back into the shelter of the arcade . |
| 19 | A splatter of sparks fell like miniature stars , the light flickered for a fraction of a second , hissed venomously and then splat again into darkness and silence . |
| 20 | It is known that volatile organic compounds dissolved in groundwater will release molecules into the vapour phase at the water-table , and these can then migrate upwards through the unsaturated zone . |
| 21 | ‘ Desperately , desperately ill ! ’ she said , over her shoulder , then swooped down to the dishwasher , picked up a handful of plates , and marched off towards a cupboard . |
| 22 | The problem was then pointed out to us and we had to employ a plumber to put matters right . |
| 23 | However it was then pointed out by a biologist that tiny movements by the plant could explain these variations . |
| 24 | They 'll pin us down and then swarm all over us . ’ |
| 25 | He sets down the Kitchens ' salami-free , chicken-free , beef-free , pastrami-free , rib-free order , with a characteristic ‘ Enjoy ! ’ and then sits down with them at their table and lights up a cigarette . |
| 26 | It sniffed the air then made straight for the drum . |
| 27 | The robbers then made off with cash and jewellery . |
| 28 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 29 | She was present at the birth of the Blessed Virgin , who was then given over to her care for twelve years , and at the Visitation and the birth of St John the Baptist and even at the birth of the Saviour , when she was allowed to provide bedding for the Virgin and swathing-clothes for the Child . |
| 30 | In the first the message is received in full and is then given out to the person ; in the second the message is received and is simultaneously translated into the second language . |