Example sentences of "then [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means discussing the position , the work involved , the skills required , the type of personality who will fit in , with all the people who will expect to benefit from the new employee and then drawing up a written job description . |
| 2 | The most difficult part of the exercise , apart from handling the sheer volume of data that was being produced , was deciding what was meant by ‘ monitor and control ’ for each system element , and then drawing out the related information . |
| 3 | Some groups appreciate a formal input in lecture form but other methods may be used e.g. asking participants to reflect on language they would need when holidaying or living in a country such as Greece or China , and then drawing out the theory from the discussion . |
| 4 | Caroline tugged at the thin straps that held the red silk up over the generous curve of her breasts , then smoothed down the skirt as if her touch might somehow magically make it extend beyond her thighs . |
| 5 | From that we can then build up the job spec , you know the training needs like the , a little example we and then we can look at competency . |
| 6 | His sandy hair is brushed straight back over his head , but then turns up a little at the ends , echoing the collar . |
| 7 | Check that your new box position is level , then chip out the plaster and masonry with hammer and steel chisel or bolster |
| 8 | She sipped , blinked , and grinned , then spooned up every bit , wiping the bowl clean with some freshly baked bread that the barman handed her . |
| 9 | I was manhandled to my feet , unchained , then led down a flight of steps , lit by bare bulbs , to the inner section . |
| 10 | She 's acting more naturally to the gusts , leaning out and then easing out the sheet . |
| 11 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 12 | We went on forward into a narrow passage beside yards of hot hammering engine of more than head height , throbbingly painful to the senses , and then passed over a coupling into another engine , even longer , even noisier , even hotter , the very stuff of hell . |
| 13 | Hold the piston with a wrench and use another to unscrew the washer cover , then prise out the old washer and fit a replacement . |
| 14 | Prepare the ground as already described , then make up a mix of 1 cement to 5 sand , with a minimum of water . |
| 15 | Then make up a minimum of 650 calories ( more , if you are allowing yourself between 1,000 and 1,500 a day ) from Fibre-Filler ( see page 65 ) and the meals on the F-Plan menus . |
| 16 | As the car then goes down the line , past various work stations , all the components are fitted to the car in turn . |
| 17 | His grandfather had explained that the only true way to bake bread was to burn it black and then rasp off the burnt extremities with a coarse file . |
| 18 | The aim of the game is to gas as many Jews as possible and then sell off the residual gold teeth . |
| 19 | Then bring up every 20th needle on the ribber to working position . |
| 20 | Well just carry stitches and then bring in a bit and then double up . |
| 21 | No take and then bring back the |
| 22 | Dawn ( 4.8 ) made a symmetrical pattern of squares with pegs , then filled in the rest of the board , working across and down , always putting in a peg next to one already there but the colours were haphazard . |
| 23 | In the passage , she stumbled and almost fell , then flung back the door to the bedroom . |
| 24 | She stood a moment to gain her audience 's complete attention , then flung back the long white veil that hid her face . |
| 25 | round that square then back up the other way betwe up through the factories |
| 26 | She hisses her disapproval , then snatches up the denims , and digs the key from one of the pockets . |
| 27 | Losses would be twice as high if energy producers imposed a carbon tax and kept the revenues for themselves , or if a tax were levied by a world agency which then shared out the revenue in proportion to each region 's population . |
| 28 | She looked at me and put her finger to her lips , then got out the broom and began to sweep up the crumbs . |
| 29 | This chapter illustrates some attractors : these static illustrations are a poor substitute for watching the trajectories approach and then wind around the attractor , and for following the sequence of bifurcations ( changes in type of attractor ) as a parameter is changed . |
| 30 | He watched her drape a folded sheet and towel over one arm , then pick up a covered tea-tray and step from the bright kitchen to the gloomy corridor . |