Example sentences of "then [vb base] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Check for fit , then stain at this stage , or paint . |
| 2 | First of all turn one 's back on the bloody war , then qualify for some career . |
| 3 | When you start shoulder training it is best to do an exercise which works all 3 heads together and then concentrate on each head individually . |
| 4 | If you can not do the whole garden at once , I have found it better to do a small area really well and then concentrate on another the next year . |
| 5 | Good as new : to remove lipstick stains from your clothing , first scrape off any residue with a knife then rub in some washing-up liquid to loosen the stain and wash in the normal way . |
| 6 | Too often in communication we try to teach the other person our language and concepts and then communicate in this language . |
| 7 | Bank and building society managers are supposed to be approachable : if yours is not then change to another branch . |
| 8 | The way was down this slope , then crash through those low pine branches , then round the top of that steep bit , then over there — I think . |
| 9 | Then topstitch through all layers front end of previous topstitching right down to hemline . |
| 10 | We then pivot in any column for which a solution is found and add the resulting efficient ( unprocessed ) tableau to the list . |
| 11 | In the first year Armstrong 's concern is to go for a minimum safe agenda — ‘ make sure clients are safe and then build on that . ’ |
| 12 | You do a little bit of input well I say a little bit , you do some input , practice and participation then build on that , okay ? |
| 13 | A sediment may exhibit one or more phases of any , or all , of these processes ; the task of the sedimentary petrographer is to unravel the different events , place these in a paragenetic sequence and then build on these in interpreting the burial history of the sediment . |
| 14 | If a mother says to a child , as he 's going out , ‘ If it rains , put your coat on , ’ she does n't mean , ‘ Test now whether it is raining , and if it is , then put your coat on , if not , do n't bother , and then forget about that instruction . ’ |
| 15 | Well then forget about this time , that wo n't hurt will it ? |
| 16 | This was a complete departure from the pattern of the learned journal in which papers are refereed and polished , and then appear after some months ; it brought rapid publication of results , and Crookes also encouraged speculative papers which the staid , and Baconian , Chemical Society would not put into its Journal . |
| 17 | Yes , Chairm er it 's a bit of a dilemma really because the area that is being used to , to walk and then clamber over this bridge , is actually within the nature reserve , as you rightly describe it . |
| 18 | Sift in half of the flour with the spice , then mix in half of the fruit and almonds . |
| 19 | Guide the ship to the end of this boggling game then register for more action ! |
| 20 | Maggie had stayed quiet , gone home thinking if you think you 're oppressed mate then listen to this . |
| 21 | Eh now then listen to this , yesterday I 'd er some beefburgers had er must 've dropped out me box when I were getting me things out of the c freezer and there were this er six beefburgers and two ch chicken breasts |
| 22 | then stop beside each hole and blow it up . |
| 23 | But he realised that that would n't make sense , since a man can not be struck dumb and then speak of that condition , so what he said , when we asked him how he was , what he said was , very slowly , In Love . |
| 24 | On successful completion of the training they then transfer to another ship in the fleet and work as a waiter or waitress . |
| 25 | Insurance companies use people 's savings to acquire a range or portfolio of assets which they then manage in such a way as to make profit , whilst at the same time providing cover against contingencies . |
| 26 | Conditions then vary from those in which the cultural institutions and their producers are wholly subordinated to general state policy — a condition often made harsher by full or attempted monopoly of all means of cultural production — to more nuanced situations in which , while general policy direction is exercised , the practical relations are not significantly different from those in modern patronal and intermediate bodies , which of course also , in varying ways , have general policy directions in accordance with the social order in which they are working . |
| 27 | Then look at each one very carefully , removing any yellowish pieces , which may give the finished dish a bitter taste . |
| 28 | They then look at that figure , break it down into separate realistic amounts achievable in various ways and set up the systems that are going to raise that cash . |
| 29 | Well then look at that to see if there 's a more appropriate way of doing it . |
| 30 | We can make our ‘ tree diagram ’ grow to look like this : If we then look at this phrase in the context of a longer phrase ‘ twenty places further back ’ , and build up the ‘ further back ’ part in a similar way , we would end up with an even more elaborate structure : |