Example sentences of "then [vb past] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They then agreed on a communiqué reaffirming " their commitment to contribute actively to a settlement of the other problems of the region " and inviting Aziz to Luxembourg . |
| 2 | The first meeting place was above a cafe in Newgate Street in the City of London , but this did not prove satisfactory and they then met on a weekly basis at another cafe near Marble Arch . |
| 3 | She married John Hymes , also of Chester , and then lived on a series of farms in this area and in Kent and Lincolnshire . |
| 4 | He then laid on a wonderful cross a minute later for McCann to blast past Brendan Keeley . |
| 5 | She attempted to restore some order to her tousled hair with her fingers , then stroked on a little blusher to counteract at least a little of her pallor ; but there was little she could do to repair the ravages of the night , and finally she turned away with a heavy sigh . |
| 6 | He turned the bread over to grease its upper side , then climbed on a stool to cut another thick wedge from the loaf . |
| 7 | He saw me standing there waiting in the warm light from the cafe and hesitated a second , then walked on a few paces , then stopped and looked back . |
| 8 | He then embarked on a long tirade about the tactics we should adopt for a forthcoming game with an Army side . |
| 9 | He sucked it , sniffing , and then started on a leg . |
| 10 | The name of Macedonia then went on a wander . |
| 11 | The government and its supporters eventually accepted this but then insisted on a 75 per cent majority applying to regional issues , including the country 's future status as a unitary or a federal state . |
| 12 | We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it . |
| 13 | Graham watched in horror as Iain slid down a rocky buttress , and then waited on a ledge for 12 hours until rescued by the RAF . |
| 14 | Jessamy walked through the wilder part of the garden and then sat on a fallen tree-trunk , rapidly sketching the shadow-filled path that led round to the pond , the twisted shapes of the tree boughs , and the dark clumps of rushes . |
| 15 | Belinda said hello to one of them , Judy Stack , whom she knew from the nurses ' home , then sat on a rather uncomfortable chair in the corner as Faye was examined by a junior obstetrician . |
| 16 | Usually they were gulls and I tied thick orange nylon fishing-line to a leg each , then sat on a dune and watched . |