Example sentences of "then [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Eastern Province 's defeat against Natal he was first sent to the cooler for head-butting , then dismissed for immediately raking a player in a ruck . |
| 2 | The marrow is then frozen for up to ten years , or until the patient needs it . |
| 3 | Melt the remaining butter and brush over the biscuit tops , then bake for about 12–15 minutes until golden brown and the sides spring back when squeezed . |
| 4 | Tap water which costs less than a penny a litre is being filtered , treated and then sold for more than fifty times that much . |
| 5 | They should be between 23 and 30 cm ( 9–12 in ) long , with the lower leaves removed , and then buried for up to between half and two-thirds their length in a sheltered bed or border , spaced about 15 cm ( 6in ) apart . |
| 6 | The Mann-Whitney U test was then used for pairwise comparisons . |
| 7 | He then served for nearly two years as permanent secretary of the Ministry of Aircraft Production ( 1943–5 ) . |
| 8 | It is better to do one or two and then opt for more sensible distances . ’ |
| 9 | Then in the 18th century , either the choir was awful or the weather was awful , er nobody 's too sure which , but they then settled for just seeing the one thing they knew by memory which was this Eucharistic hymn : Todaym Parchym that they sang in the hall every night as a grace , and that 's how it 's gone on . |
| 10 | ‘ Paddock grazing ’ , in which the grassland is divided into small paddocks , grazed hard for a short period and then rested for up to three weeks , is a very good system for the control of parasite worms , the life cycle of which is broken during the rest periods . |
| 11 | Those who report restricted activity are then asked for how many days they have had to reduce their activities . |
| 12 | The premium is then fixed for as long as you continue the Plan , even when you cross into other age bands , and no matter how times you claim against it . |
| 13 | When Schoenberg asks for the piccolo to play ppp in the top level of its register ‘ so schwach wie möglich ’ with the bassoon and solo strings at different dynamic levels , and then asks for completely different textures and dynamics in the next variation , I know that this can not be properly realized by an orchestra in a concert-hall seated in the conventional way . |
| 14 | If the courtship is successful , the two snails will fall in their sides , and copulation may then last for up to four hours . |
| 15 | Nuclear power then accounted for about 20 per cent of total CEGB generation capacity . |