Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then got up for a pee . |
| 2 | Fitzgerald then served out for the set to turn the match into a real struggle , or so we thought , but Grabb and McEnroe stepped up a gear midway through the fourth set to take control . |
| 3 | Bates trailed 3–0 in the final set against Black , his doubles partner this week , and went to the front for the first time in the match when he broke for 6–5 and then served out for victory . |
| 4 | Many firms — when else but at the peak of the property rush ? — then signed up for plush , atriumed premises to house their new recruits . |
| 5 | The car gave a roar , then slowly moved out of the garage ; the dim side-lights showed a pale flicker on the back of the house , then swung around for an instant on to the gardens . |
| 6 | Curbishley then stepped up for the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles and proceeded to win by 25 metres in a time of 43.9 secs , 1.6 seconds inside the Division Five record . |
| 7 | Under these schemes , which had first been developed in the 1970s as a means of raising capital from the private sector for new development , for example , on office and shopping complexes ( i.e. as a means of avoiding constraints on capital spending ) , council property was sold on a long lease to another agency and then leased back for shorter periods until the long lease expired . |
| 8 | The two ships then started back for their home port . |
| 9 | He paced the room , then lay down for a while , hands clasped behind his head . |
| 10 | I then went off for lunch which was soup and crayfish . |
| 11 | Left the daddy 's list with Mr Moore ( of Moore 's Models ) and then went off for a bit of a stroll around . |
| 12 | The butler then went in for breeding dogs which he kept in large wire enclosures . |
| 13 | I tidied everything away and cleaned the shed up after my bomb-making activity , then went in for dinner . |
| 14 | I hesitated , then went back for the indigo wrap . |
| 15 | She took several long mouthfuls of the drink , then looked around for Faye , wanting to make sure this party was n't too taxing for her patient . |
| 16 | He put his few clothes in a neat pile on the bed and then looked round for something in which to carry them . |
| 17 | Kenneth glanced at him , then looked round for Lachlan Watt ; he was sitting on a distant chair , a plate of food balanced on his knees , talking to Shona Watt , his sister-in-law . |
| 18 | She switched on the shower and tested the water , then looked round for some shampoo to wash the rest of the snarls from her hair . |
| 19 | The wolf took one look , snatched it off the steel hook — then looked round for somewhere to hide . |
| 20 | Ben stepped over it , then reached back for her . |
| 21 | She pushed at the curl , then reached down for the shoulder-bag that lay at her feet and dug out an ebony hair pick . |
| 22 | He then stood up for the sentence , his hands on the dock rail . |
| 23 | Newlove then dived over for a try of his own , with late scores from Offiah and Schofield rubbing salt in Welsh wounds . |
| 24 | He drank coffee and brandy , then dived in for another assault , feeling as if the databanks were deliberately obstructing him . |
| 25 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |