8.143 sequence

If you use 'and' between two clauses which describe events, you are indicating that the event described in the first clause happens or happened before the event described in the second one.

• She was born in Budapest and raised in Manhattan.
• He opened the car door and got out.

'Then' can be used in the same way, but it is less common.

• He held his hand to direct the water in a spray across his face, then dipped his head and drank.