Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power of the sun would then be harvested by an array of silicon or gallium arsenide solar cells and then beamed back to earth by microwave and converted into low-frequency , alternating current electricity and fed into the USA 's grid . |
| 2 | ‘ Desperately , desperately ill ! ’ she said , over her shoulder , then swooped down to the dishwasher , picked up a handful of plates , and marched off towards a cupboard . |
| 3 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 4 | He then passed on to Constantinople , where again he stopped for a while ; and on 23 January 1433 ( I Jumada II 836 ) he set out for Edirne . |
| 5 | Thus the script that Sidney Gilliatt , among others , had worked on , for A Yank at Oxford ( 1937 ) was taken back to Hollywood and then passed around to the resident heavyweights , including Ben Hecht , who would n't touch it , Herman Mankiewicz and Scott Fitzgerald . |
| 6 | Beamish stared at the boy then whipped round to me . |
| 7 | Recognising that Uganda permits barter deals , General Motors Trading Corporation in Kenya , for example , negotiated the export of Isuzu buses ( assembled in bond in Kenya ) in exchange for hides and skins which it then sold on to third parties . |
| 8 | I laid the sturdy Ministry of Defence plastic mug on the sand and then hopped round to the front of my tent to bring out my dirty washing . |
| 9 | Everyone then processed back to the Salle des fêtes , where coffee was served ; the Emperor left shortly afterwards to go to his study , where he could smoke his cigarette ; the male guests who shared his habit were allowed to retire to the smoking room , while the Empress remained behind with the ladies . |
| 10 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 11 | Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion . |
| 12 | She breathed in slowly and regularly a few times , then got shakily to her feet . |
| 13 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 14 | If any pieces of gold leaf have been chipped off to reveal the white base , there are various shades of gilt waxes which can be rubbed on with a soft cloth and then buffed up to a fine lustre . |
| 15 | Moore walked the course yesterday morning and then reported back to Novello Allegro 's trainer , Noel Meade . |
| 16 | He beat the edge of the table with the flat of it — an old gorilla , caged — shook his head as though to clear it , then jerked uncertainly to his feet . |
| 17 | In the end , she threw her pencil across the room in frustration , then paced over to the window . |
| 18 | checked with his radio , he goes alright then phoned back to the police station on his radio , he said it 's not stolen the owner 's now here he said , can you please get it moved ? |
| 19 | He drank water from the pitcher , then staggered over to the basin on the table and thrust his head into it , the chill water making him gasp . |
| 20 | He then staggered uphill to a courting couple and pleaded : ‘ Help me , I think they have murdered my girlfriend and burned her alive . ’ |
| 21 | He paused for a while to compose himself then staggered down to the porter 's lodge . |
| 22 | He was about to apologize , remembered the microphone , then moved round to the other side of the desk and sat down . |
| 23 | They put traffic calming down Stretton Avenue , the result of this was that the traffic then moved round to Harvey Goodwin Avenue so j to avoid going over the humps they go up Harvey Goodwin Avenue . |
| 24 | He then moved forward to the person on the ground and handcuffed his hands behind his back . |
| 25 | Steve Astington says he was a rock climber and then moved over to marathons … this is his thirteenth … you have to put a lot of training in … he does them for the enjoyment it takes him away from life and all the stresses |
| 26 | Of that boy being moved , and hidden in the cupboard in the washroom in Belmodes , then moved again to the house in Mouncy Street . |
| 27 | Stan then moved closer to Melanie , and a major fight erupted without further ado . |
| 28 | Hung Mien-lo shrugged , then moved closer to his T'ang , lowering his voice marginally . |
| 29 | Kragan signalled the officer to step back , then moved closer to Frick . |
| 30 | He then moved on to Warsaw where he undertook an even more arduous task , that of reconstructing the Warsaw Philharmonic and supervising the rebuilding of its concert hall from the musical and acoustic standpoint . |