How do I create a Sequence using Actionscript?

Question

Suppose I've got 2 movie clips on the stage. box_mc and triangle_mc
I want to set up a way so that whenever I trigger the event, such as pressing a key (like
if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)){
//stuff that activates it
it does the following in order, spaced by 1 frame, or 1 second (or a specific number of frames)
[1] box_mc._rotation = -45;
[2]triangle_mc._rotation = 45;
[3]box_mc._rotation = 0;
[4]triangle_mc._rotation = 0;
if I push the Space key again, it would start from the top (1) and repeat the sequence. The sequence would otherwise stop at 4. Previously I've been using counters inside an onEnterFrame such as counter = counter +1; if counter > n, counter = n; etc. This seems tedious and I'm hoping there's a better way to do this. I do not understand watch and timer functions of actionscript (they never seem to work for whatever project I'm occupied with).
Thanks!

Answer 1

it definitely worked this time. I edited it for gear appearances and it looks ok:
function startSequenceF(){
rotateF(box_mc,-45);
clearTimeout(rotate1I);
clearTimeout(rotate2I);
clearTimeout(rotate3I);
clearTimeout(rotate4I);
clearTimeout(rotate5I);
clearTimeout(rotate6I);
clearTimeout(rotate7I);
rotate1I=setTimeout(rotateF,200,box_mc.triangle_mc,30)
rotate2I=setTimeout(rotateF,400,box_mc,-90);
rotate3I=setTimeout(rotateF,600,box_mc.triangle_mc,60);
rotate4I=setTimeout(rotateF,800,box_mc,-135);
rotate5I=setTimeout(rotateF,1000,box_mc.triangle_mc,90);
rotate6I=setTimeout(rotateF,1200,box_mc,-180);
rotate7I=setTimeout(rotateF,1400,box_mc.triangle_mc,0);
function rotateF(mc:MovieClip,angle:Number){
mc._rotation = angle;  // or animate this
// and to start everything going use:
onEnterFrame = function(){
    if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)){
startSequenceF();
my next question would probably be "How can I make these changes more graceful/fluid", or would I have to make several minute changes of a few degrees each?