Example sentences of "then took [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I then took her forward slightly to the evening after the operation , a time when she was fully awake and over the more drastic effects of the anaesthetic . |
| 2 | Sitting on the next barstool was an antiques dealer called James ; he discussed his feelings with Clare for the next two hours and then took her to dinner at the Ox on the Roof , where she chose the most filling dishes . |
| 3 | He put down his drink then took her in his arms , holding her tight . |
| 4 | For a second Alain looked down into her drenched eyes and then took her into his arms , holding her fast , well aware that the tears could not be stopped to order . |
| 5 | But he waited-until the carriage was out of sight and then took her in its wake , halfway back into the centre . |
| 6 | A deliberate change of direction then took her to Granada Television in Manchester as a programme researcher . |
| 7 | He dropped a long , searching kiss on her mouth , then took her shaking hand and laid it against the powerful , overpowering size of his arousal . |
| 8 | I remember the first time I offered Dana one of these cigarettes : he accepted one , and I then took one myself . |
| 9 | Mach looked at the packet a moment , then took one . |
| 10 | When Madeleine offered him a cigarette , he hesitated , then took one . |
| 11 | He stood aside for McLeish , then took himself off , observing unnecessarily that he just had a wee bit paperwork to finish up . |
| 12 | Here Cornelius fed the motor car with the best petrol that money could buy and then took himself up to the restaurant to join Tuppe . |
| 13 | Huffily Leonora filled the kettle , made coffee , then took hers into the other room . |
| 14 | I finished the section I had been writing — an idea left in mid-paragraph tends to vanish very quickly — then took myself and my candle early to bed . |
| 15 | It then took me an hour as she lay there sobbing to find her a bed . |
| 16 | As he lived in the city , Mr Coary drove me up to the Noones ’ for my bag and then took me all the way back to O'Brien 's Hotel in Dublin , where I had stayed long before . |
| 17 | The women who were working there looked at me in a kind curious way at first and then took me for granted . |
| 18 | She then took me , gently as ever , into my bedroom , sat down on the bed alongside me , and stroked me , caressed me , so lovingly . |
| 19 | They took me to the hospital , and then took me back home . |
| 20 | Towsie ( nickname for one of the foreign miners ) came and sat down beside me while the smoke cleared a bit , and then took me to the trench , which was full of red embers , roasting the rock as when you roast eggs in the ashes . |
| 21 | Ah well , Ralemberg chattered gaily , then took me on a tour of the house . |
| 22 | And she says her day with Becky and the team was a revelation : ‘ The Granada Reports people came to my house to film me in some of my own clothes and then took me to the Hillcrest Hotel in Widnes where I had my hair styled and my make-up done , and then tried on lots of different outfits . |
| 23 | It then took me a while to realise the significance of it , but at last I remembered it had been around Dora Belle 's neck , the person who murdered Perk and she must have placed it in Perk 's hand when she buried her . |
| 24 | In Dalby ( 1982 ) the unlawful act was the supplying of controlled drugs to V , who then took them . |
| 25 | We did so , obediently , waited for an hour , then took them out again , made a fire out of the cases and ate one of the most welcome meals I have ever enjoyed — of tea and hot sausages . |
| 26 | I helped to milk the cows and then took them out to the field . |
| 27 | and then took them home with him . |
| 28 | He covered his face with his hands , then took them away and looked down at the earth . |
| 29 | The girl , thin-faced and undernourished , watched with complete indifference as Jessica then took them to the parapet and scattered them onto the turbulent black surface of the river , where they swirled beautifully , made changing patterns as they swept between the steep stone walls . |
| 30 | I was the only one who could be charged with dereliction of duty , I Judged who I thought was the best : I selected them and then took them to my station — Warboys — where they were trained as Pathfinders . |