Example sentences of "then [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mail was uniformly trivial , but he read it all and then stuffed the torn envelopes and their contents into his pockets for disposal elsewhere . |
| 2 | Next is a visit to the miniature village of Madurodam and then to see the picturesque harbour at Scheveningen . |
| 3 | So averaging two adjacent lines , then using the averaged line twice , is an acceptable compromise . |
| 4 | He was encouraged to assume this double burden by Arthur Ponsonby , the younger brother of Fritz , who after nine years in the Diplomatic Service had resigned to sit in the Commons as a Liberal ; finding his colleagues inadequately radical , Ponsonby had then joined the Labour Party and in January 1924 was installed at the Prime Minister 's elbow as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs . |
| 5 | So suppose that the result of the stress caused by shocking an animal in this way is the production of some hormone — for instance a peptide — which then produces the freezing behaviour . |
| 6 | I then checked the green box on the right-hand side of page 8 ( Help For The Hopeless ) . |
| 7 | I 'd then build the whole system , test it , then ship it out to them , and what happens ? |
| 8 | After releasing , slow right down , retrim the glider , and then raise the main wheel . |
| 9 | She carefully packed her case again , then scanned the tidy bedroom and bathroom with some satisfaction . |
| 10 | He corrected , then scanned the empty sea ahead of him . |
| 11 | The machine correlates the reports of all the agents and then relays the next set of instructions . |
| 12 | Then coordinate the two lists by using the material on the right side of the page for the opposite . |
| 13 | I had not then heard the famous phrase . |
| 14 | She drew in a great sharp breath which shook her shoulders , then wiped the old man 's chin with a cloth . |
| 15 | The comedians then became the classic movie showmen of these early years . |
| 16 | A UK company was incorporated , which then became the holding company of a company set up to run the Dutch business . |
| 17 | Kept in training as a four-year-old , Pebbles won the Trusthouse Forte Mile at Sandown Park , was second in the Prince of Wales 's Stakes at Royal Ascot , and then became the first filly ever to win the Eclipse , beating subsequent Arc winner Rainbow Quest by two lengths . |
| 18 | It then became the USAC National Championship and since 1979 , following the formation of CART , the CART National Championship . |
| 19 | According to Sark law , by her marriage her estate , including the seigniory , passed to her husband , but she had no intention of relinquishing her hold on island affairs and , although he then became the official seigneur , she sat beside him at meetings of the chief pleas ( Sark 's governing body ) , prompting his actions and continuing , albeit illegally , to give voice to her own opinions . |
| 20 | In A.D. 325 the Emperor himself professed Christianity , which then became the official religion of the Roman Empire . |
| 21 | After five years , the initially reluctant southern states joined what then became the German Empire . |
| 22 | Squid and yellowtail then became the main species fished , but throughout the 1960s and 1970s the pattern was repeated as the yellowtail fishery began to show the familiar signs of overfishing , with catches decreasing despite increasing fishing efforts . |
| 23 | He then became the resident guitarist at ECM and therefore has played guitar for everyone in the modern movement : for example , Paul Bley , Mike Gibbs , Eberhard Weber , Paul Motian and Jan Gabarek . |
| 24 | The information is mostly of concern to the crew in the pilot 's cabin , who will then make the necessary course , altitude and speed corrections , and note items of equipment which may need a maintenance check , once the aircraft has reached its destination . |
| 25 | But it is sometimes forgotten that as far back as 1909 he built his own aeroplane in which he then made the first recorded flight over Ireland . |
| 26 | He then made the following comments , from his own observation ; it is the privilege of later generations to make a moral evaluation of a young man 's opinions . |
| 27 | And then made the second just before half-time . |
| 28 | King Charles , not to be outdone , then made the abandoned wife a duchess , the title to die with her . |
| 29 | Almost twenty years alter the incident Coleridge was persuaded by Byron to publish the poem , and he then made the sensational claim that he had been able to remember 200 to 300 lines of perfect poetry when he had awoken from a drug-induced sleep , and was busy writing them down when he was interrupted by someone from Porlock demanding to see him on business . |
| 30 | ‘ Then given the limited orbital performance of Foxbat , we face both observation and sabotage … still right ? ’ |