Example sentences of "then [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bird lay in my palm , thistle-down light , then fluttered to freedom . |
| 2 | Then strew on water and make the people drink . |
| 3 | The landlord then relented in part and gave her back the keys to the bedsit . |
| 4 | As he raised her hand towards his mouth his grey eyes widened , then gleamed with laughter as he saw the state it was in . |
| 5 | For a time he manufactured white lead in Birmingham ( 1841–4 ) , and then adventured in copper smelting in Neath in south Wales ( 1844–8 ) . |
| 6 | Mr. Page then applied by way of judicial review for an order quashing the visitor 's decision . |
| 7 | She prepared for bed in haste , then got into bed without turning off the bedside lamp , willing the friendly glow to hold off the dreams which came with the night . |
| 8 | Just , get a bath and then got to bed . |
| 9 | I do n't know whether , people thought that erm if they interfered with me I would n't er I would n't play or what it was but then , anyway erm when the war ended , as I say I got a bit erm worried and erm I then got in touch with er Mr who was then er , then taken over from Sir Cecil Clerk of the Council or Chief Executive and erm , he suggested that erm I might take a course for the erm Home Workers Diploma For The Blind which erm was , well it was a sort of specialized er social worker really . |
| 10 | Huy spread his hands submissively , but then winced in pain as Surere suddenly leant forward and seized his shoulder , the strength of ten men in his large , bony hand . |
| 11 | The Sergeant glowered at Rincewind , and then peered at Twoflower with interest . |
| 12 | Conversely , fractional albumin clearance fell with both treatments from 0 to 6 months ( although not significantly ) but then rose to pretreatment values after 12 months with hydrochlorothiazide , whereas it fell further with enalapril ( one way analysis of variance of the treatment-time interaction for enalapril group , p=0.022 ) . |
| 13 | Voices buzzed , then rose in laughter or to make a point more forcibly . |
| 14 | And with that he turned around , walked to the door , again turned , then shouted at Dad : |
| 15 | The clerk ignored him but now and then shouted in Arabic and a customer came forward to collect a form or a tattered bundle of money . |
| 16 | He was directed towards a glider landing strip , but he appears to have clipped a tree and then crashed on farmland . |
| 17 | He was directed towards a glider landing strip , but he appears to have clipped a tree and then crashed on farmland . |
| 18 | ‘ Sorry , sweetheart , you need a pass , ’ he said , then gawked in surprise as she pushed past him and dashed straight through . |
| 19 | Beat for 15mins , then beat in glycerine . |
| 20 | But by 1898 the Chrimes brothers had on their ledgers over 10,000 names of women who had responded to their advertisements and these they then used for blackmail . |
| 21 | He then moved to University where he spent eight years in research and development in Artificial Intelligence and particularly Expert Systems . |
| 22 | The league champions could scarcely believe their luck as they then moved into overdrive scoring four tries in the final quarter without reply . |
| 23 | She then moved into psychiatry , setting up physical exercise units for elderly people before ending up , six years ago , as a senior adviser in the Disability Living Foundation . |
| 24 | The row below dulled and then flickered to life , muted for a short while and then raised into a furious crescendo . |
| 25 | When maturation is complete , the bottles are chilled , opened under pressure into a tank , filtered and then rebottled after dosage , all under pressure . |
| 26 | ‘ Furious ’ then sailed for Tail o' the Bank to pick up our Atlantic anti-submarine escort . |
| 27 | Ms Robinson trained at Darlington College of Education which then specialised in nursery teaching and the town , she says , was a pilot for nursery education . |
| 28 | Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence . |
| 29 | The cameraman then came on board and we left the quay ; we returned and he transferred to a motor boat to film us leaving the quay . |
| 30 | Pilgrims then came on foot and horseback for hundreds of miles across many countries to pay homage to these relics and churches were erected along the routes to such pilgrimage centres . |