Example sentences of "then [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was then examined for commercial potential by both ICI ( who eventually marketed it under the name Terylene ) and DuPont ( who called it Dacron ) . |
| 2 | The course avoids being two separate disciplines running alongside each other through making energy and matter the core themes of the course : energy and matter are then examined from physical and chemical aspects ; as Dr H puts it , energy and matter are ‘ pegs to hang the course on ’ . |
| 3 | Why should anyone choose to invite family and friends for a meal , then sit amid dirty pots and pans , and the smell of boiled cabbage or fried onions , in preference to a separate dining room with a good size table ? |
| 4 | As the band were good enough live , we could build up a ground swell of interest at a local level which then translated into national success . |
| 5 | The two long fluorescent tubes suspended from the ceiling blinked , then glimmered , then glowed into steady light . |
| 6 | This 26-year-old married businessman was beaten up , burned and sexually assaulted by a torture gang ‘ and the six-man gang tried to tear out their victim 's toenails with pliers — then ripped off adhesive tape they had stuck to his genitals … |
| 7 | A dose of 0.05 µg/kg body weight of ceruletide ( Farmitalia Carlo Erba Ltd , St Albans , UK ) in 10 ml saline was then given by intravenous injection over a 10 minute period . |
| 8 | Normal human neutrophils were cytocentrifuged , ethanol fixed , and then incubated with coded patients ' sera . |
| 9 | To protect themselves mamluks returned to their slave markets of origin to purchase boys who were then reared in existing mamluk households creating an isolated military caste to rule Egypt . |
| 10 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
| 11 | The Beggar reproves him , then turns to practical advice . |
| 12 | At top of rise , turn left on track which after 200 yds descends slightly then turns to left while in minor valley . |
| 13 | The saline is eventually filtered and then heated in shallow pans to complete the evaporation process before the salt is left to crystallise . |
| 14 | There is in Freud an explicit commitment to science as a method of gaining knowledge , this being understood to include speculative thought which is then checked against systematic observations of human action and behaviour . |
| 15 | My current passion is to put a rich , dark caramel in the bottom of an ovenproof dish , to layer fresh pineapple thickly on it , and then to sprinkle with orange zest and dark rum . |
| 16 | The VAT is then calculated on total cost less discount . |
| 17 | It is starting with objects at the bottom or system level and then building in real-time features . |
| 18 | It happened less than 72 hours after Sampras had paid warm tribute in Frankfurt to the veteran coach he said had helped him so much in a year which began disastrously without him but then led to outstanding success in the second half of the year , culminating in the ATP Tour Championships title . |
| 19 | She was then exposed to various synthetic chemicals in turn , and reacted badly to diesel fumes , cigarette smoke , natural gas , chlorine and alcohol . |
| 20 | Patients were disimpacted and then treated with dietary fibre and daily milk of magnesia , and the laxative was slowly discontinued once normal bowel movements had been accomplished . |
| 21 | It was some days before he resolved on this , but he then met with strong opposition from both Joffre and Foch , who wanted him first to penetrate the centre ridge between Pozières and Thiepval . |
| 22 | The large number of strict-liability offences , at least 3,750 of 7,200 separate and distinct criminal offences listed on the basis of the 1975 edition of Stone 's Justices ' Manual ( that is , more than half ) , are then dismissed from serious study . |
| 23 | The centre of each side was then painted with light green oxide and the remaining corner squares were filled in with a mixture of ultramarine violet and titanium white . |
| 24 | Her gaze drifted , hazed , and then fastened with stark clarity on the man who unfurled his long limbs from the deep-cushioned armchair and rose to greet her . |
| 25 | And er I 've been there all my life and that 's and that 'll be eighty seven years old come May and er I 've just worked on the farm all my days and er then of course when my people died I just er stayed myself , and then lived with other people here and there , just to help them . |
| 26 | Churchyards were lacking ; in some cities the poor were soon shovelled underground in common graves , dug to an initial depth of 30ft and then filled with rough coffins to within 2ft of the surface . |
| 27 | Cracks in rendering should be raked out , cut back to sound material if necessary and then filled with new mortar . |
| 28 | Copies of all the counter proposals and representations were then placed on local deposit in council offices and a further period allowed for representations to be made about them . |
| 29 | These sections were then placed in sterile 1.5 ml Eppendorf containers and allocated a code number by the histopathology department at Middlesex Hospital . |
| 30 | To investigate the FI category , the database was first rearranged to separate out the FI items , which were then listed by functional group . |