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Example sentences for "then taking"

  • Ope de door," pounding on it with his fists, then taking hold of the knob and trying to turn it for himself.

  • Then taking two of her sons with her, she repaired to the garden.

  • Then taking up his account book, he cancelled with the greatest care all the entries of the amounts he had just paid away.

  • Then taking a passport from his drawer he said,--"Good, it is available for two months longer.

  • Caderousse lingered for a moment, then taking leave of old Dantes, he went downstairs to rejoin Danglars, who awaited him at the corner of the Rue Senac.

  • Ivan, instead of answering, kissed her; then taking a white camellia from a vase on the table, he fastened it at the throat of her plain black dress.

  • He took off his cap, waved it in the air, then taking advantage of a momentary pause in the incessant and deafening cries of “Vive Alexandre!

  • Then taking him to the front of it, I turned aside the blue cloth and desired him to walk in; at which he seemed wonderfully pleased, and asked me how it was made.

  • The landlord looked at me for a moment, then taking sip of his whiskey and water he turned to the man with whom he had previously been talking and recommenced the discourse about sheep.

  • On my telling her in Welsh that I was come to see the Pistyll she smiled again, and said that I was welcome, then taking me round the house, she pointed to a path and bade me follow it.

  • Then taking a farewell look at the beautiful features of the dead, I left the house, going directly the nearest road to the rebel picket line.

  • Then taking up a roll of stockings, she said: "Dem I knit wid my own hands for de soldiers, when all sleep, in my cabin.

  • Then taking Anton by the hand, she said, in a trembling voice, "Please come and look at my Debit and Credit.

  • Then taking up the empty bottle, he dashed it against the woodwork of the sofa and broke it to pieces.

  • So he stepped slowly to the door and listened again; then taking heart, he opened it suddenly.

  • I finished loading without a word, then taking a brand from the fire and going about twenty paces to a slope in the bank, I mounted, and found an immense panther, quite dead.

  • The landlord looked at me for a moment, then taking a sip of his whiskey-and-water, he turned to the man with whom he had previously been talking, and recommenced the discourse about sheep.

  • On my telling her in Welsh that I was come to see the Pistyll she smiled again, and said that I was welcome, then taking me round the house she pointed to a path and bade me follow it.

  • The others thanked her also; then taking a carriage they drove to the observatory she had pointed out.

  • Then taking a book from his pocket, he sat down by her side, and read until she awoke.

  • Then taking him by the arm I turned him round so that he faced my wife, who was standing not far off.

  • Having listened patiently, the mandarin severly reprimanded the youth, then taking fifty of the yellow-tipped reeds threw them on the ground as a signal for the men with canes to give him fifty blows.

  • You do not want him," said Don Roderigo in a sharp voice, then taking Liniers by the arm he lead him back to the further room, while General Nieto followed, closing the doors behind them.

  • Then taking up a lance-shalt which lay by, Evana pushed it under the body of the fallen horse, and using it as a lever raised the dead animal sufficiently to let the man draw his leg out from underneath.

  • Then taking me with him, he went to the farmer, and in a very civil manner said that he understood I had not been very kindly treated by him, but he hoped that in future I should be used better.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "then taking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    isosceles triangle; only wanted; then added; then also; then being; then both; then continued; then drain; then drop; then found; then have; then look; then make; then occupied; then ordered; then plane; then pour off the; then ready; then rode; then stood; then transferred; then turn; then very; thence north; thence west; this art