Example sentences of "then [v-ing] on 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was then living on the rue de la Harpe , parish of St Severin ( document 3 ) . |
| 4 | She spent each afternoon in bed , coming down for dinner and then lying on the sofa afterwards . |
| 5 | In this process of consultation , the emphasis moves from deciding how to spend available resources to identifying needs , establishing priorities and then deciding on the budget " ( Nightingale 1990 : 110 ) . |
| 6 | General Brudermann , commanding the Third Army , although being depleted in numbers , ordered his army , and much of the Kovess Army Group on his right , to move northeast to strike at the encircling Russian forces then marching on the town of Zloczov . |
| 7 | ‘ E mast be LOADED — and then getting on the next coach to Leeds to get all me money just like John Lennon 's dad . ’ |
| 8 | His eyes flicked open , straining to see the gun then focusing on the masked figure above him . |
| 9 | Well-structured — providing background to the race and the books , then focusing on the books themselves . |
| 10 | I spent a lot of time discovering and browsing through the bookshops , and then reading on the lawns which led down to the river Cam from the backs of the colleges . |
| 11 | The other end of the pole was attached to a treadle , which exploited the natural springiness of the pole , tightening the rope to turn the wood one way , then relying on the spring in the pole to turn it the other way as the rope was released . |
| 12 | ‘ I did know , ’ he said ; then putting on the style , ‘ Your uncle 's grandaddy 's granddaddy , came over with that murthering bugger Cromwell , did he , English Jenny ? ’ |
| 13 | , ( William ) Grey ( 1910–1977 ) , neurologist , was born in Kansas City , Missouri , 19 February 1910 , the only child of Karl Walter , a British journalist then working on the Kansas City Star , and his wife Margaret Hardy , an American journalist . |