Example sentences of "then [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may then resort to thieving , or whining every time you eat , because it is disturbed with the uncertainty of its own feeding arrangements . |
| 2 | The archers loosed blind in the darkness , but could do so only once without imperilling their friends , for after the shock of meeting it was stark hand to hand work without any daylight art about it , first a hacking and swinging ahead at any flesh that moved , then body to body fumbling where everyone panted out words in his own tongue to be safe from his comrades , and even swords were of little use . |
| 3 | If disturbances are amplified sufficiently in the unstable region , then transition to turbulence may be expected . |
| 4 | Let no one kid us into treating politicians as prophets whom we elevate and then abuse and then stone to death . |
| 5 | The children with whom I worked had the least opportunity in terms of personal development and careers , and they were likely to be drawn into a variety of different forms of behaviour , among which the first was often the use of and then addiction to tobacco . |
| 6 | For now we see through a glass , darkly : but then face to face : now I know in part ; but then I shall know even as also I am known . ’ ' |