Example sentences of "then [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fish was of course a familiar ecclesiastical emblem , originating with the cryptogram of the early disciples , and then elaborating on the analogy of ‘ fishers of men ’ . |
| 2 | Shoulder-length blond hair , embroidered cheese-cloth shirt , single strand of beads — I mean , beads but tasteful — a sensual hint of hash and patchouli , and midnight blue denims stretched taut then flaring over the longest , leanest bass-guitarist 's thighs in Glasgow . |
| 3 | 2 ) Positioning the mouse cursor on the text line and using the backspace or delete keys to delete the numbers and then typing in the new value . |
| 4 | When she looked up , Daak 's headless body was still stumbling forward , collapsing slowly and then crashing to the floor like a felled tree . |
| 5 | The waves were crashing down rising into the air , then crashing against the water below , spreading the beach with a white spray . |
| 6 | It marked the end of the long process of transformations — starting with the seething leaves of the plant , then the reeking green stage of the first steepings , and the sulphurous yellow stage of the liquor before it was exposed to the air , then binding with the air , it gradually turned to blue . |
| 7 | The judge erred in law in holding that in mortgage proceedings if a mortgagee failed to seek an order for costs then the mortgagor could apply for the costs to be taxed on an appropriate basis ; if no order was made the mortgagor could require that the costs of the mortgage proceedings be referred by the master taking the account to the taxing master for taxation pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 24 ; ( 3 ) that a provision in the mortgage deed providing expressly or by implication the basis on which costs were to be taxed was not then binding on the court and the judge also erred when he held that in mortgage proceedings a provision entitling the mortgagee to an indemnity against all costs , charges and expenses was void so far as it purports to exclude the jurisdiction of the court under section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 8 | From these sources , it is possible quite quickly to gain an idea of how parkland has changed over the years — usually expanding in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries , and then contracting during the twentieth . |
| 9 | They like nothing more than wallowing in a cool mud bath in the mornings when the sun is not too high and then resting in the shade of an acacia tree during the scorching heat which follows . |
| 10 | On 24 April a team of about 10 began to sort the books by then accumulating in the Davidson Room . |
| 11 | Counsel then appearing for the petitioner does not seem to have appreciated that the cancellation issue had been heard in the course of the trial of the preliminary issue and finally decided by the Court of Appeal on 4 October 1991 . |
| 12 | How many people now remember his humiliation as chancellor of the Exchequer , turning back on a trip to Heathrow en route for a meeting of the International Monetary Fund in order that he could draft an application for a loan from the same organisation , then appearing in the Blackpool bear garden to be publicly abused ? |
| 13 | The meadow began to mushroom with tents and huts and the street theatre erupted into an explosion of living history , the performers flinging themselves to the ground and then leaping into the air as and when the idea occurred and making funny faces all the while . |
| 14 | As Tiguary announced the plan to the assembled chiefs , Dulé could see the scene in his mind 's eye : the fire licking up one mast , then leaping in the rigging to the other , snaking through the spars , then falling in sparks , and setting the decks to smouldering while sleepy men sloshed water about with the balers , yelling orders to one another , until , when the flames had lit up all the timbers and the ship blazed in a transparent lattice of spars and ribs , her defenders would fling themselves into the sea and the warriors would swoop out of the shallows and fall on them : it would be as easy as catching fish . |
| 15 | The commitment to the roles strengthened through improvisation work in small groups , each with a small problem which must be solved , e.g. broken cart , insufficient labour at farm or mill ; then trading in the market-place . |
| 16 | then landing by the shoes of other passengers . |
| 17 | Most will be the former , with the cable running out from the fuseway in the consumer unit to supply a number of socket outlets on the ring , and then returning to the same fuseway . |
| 18 | His big blond head kept coming up , shaking once and then bobbing through the water as he struck out for the machine . |
| 19 | Then driving to the house in Donegal in her pea-green Polo Fox ( ‘ I did n't choose the colour , it was a present from my daddy ’ ) she admitted , with amusement , she did not have a real idea what Parr did , and did not care a jot . |
| 20 | We thought about going down on the saturday and staying at Great Yarmouth and then driving to the match . |
| 21 | These can be drafted by outlining the area with tape or transfer lines , and then painting in the central area with matt black enamel paint ; or , fill in the middle by laying down wide transfer lines , slightly overlapping each other and cut to shape with a scalpel . |
| 22 | She now turned and , gathering up the coat , the blouse and the skirt , and the black hat , she threw them behind the couch , saying , ‘ See you tomorrow , my dears ; ’ then looking at the child , she said , ‘ Well now , you 're dry , you said , ’ and , taking her hand , led her across the room and into the original large , stone-floored kitchen , and from there into an equally large pantry . |
| 23 | they would require adjust because we 're then looking towards the next twelve months |
| 24 | For the next few hours they went among the high street shops , first searching through the shelves of Joseph Toms , Toys and Fancy Goods , for novelties , then looking among the tiny cupboards of Charles Weaver , Apothecary , sampling the sweet-tasting , harmless powders on their fingers and mixing the brightly-coloured liquids in beakers . |
| 25 | He was then living on the rue de la Harpe , parish of St Severin ( document 3 ) . |
| 26 | The family were then living in the military camp at Harmoumou . |
| 27 | Up to that time Parma had not been touched , and the Parmigiani had lived in the irrational hope that the Americans would not bomb the city because Toscanini , by then living in the United States , had persuaded them not to do so . |
| 28 | When the boy , as she had thought of the youth but who was actually seventeen , came into the room he needed no urging to sit at the table ; then grinning at the child , he said , ‘ What 's your name ? ’ |
| 29 | One committed suicide by repeatedly smashing its rostrum against the concrete wall of the harbour , and then swimming into the net which held it captive . |
| 30 | I believe Smeeton was then serving at the Admiralty , he was not a member of 800X Squadron . ’ |