Example sentences of "then she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she searched his other pockets . |
| 2 | Then she stepped forward and pulled at his towel . |
| 3 | Then she stepped out into the crisp early evening air to find the western sky streaked with reds and golds , and the shadows in the distant hills turning to violet . |
| 4 | Then she stepped away from him , fearful of her own weakness and afraid that if he kissed her she would dissolve into a quivering jelly that would melt from sheer ecstasy . |
| 5 | Then she stepped quickly on to the nearest chair and stood there , listening . |
| 6 | And then she struck lucky . |
| 7 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 8 | Then she struck out towards the horizon , doing a slow , leisurely crawl . |
| 9 | Then she consigned the letter to the wastepaper basket . |
| 10 | Then she gritted her teeth . |
| 11 | Then she gritted her teeth . |
| 12 | Then she flounced in to her cabin . |
| 13 | then she waves at you , she 's spotted you , he 's lovely |
| 14 | She moved her head slowly now and seemed to be making an effort to speak , and then she muttered , ‘ You 'll be getting your calling up papers eventually , in any case , so why … ? |
| 15 | He watched her mouth fall open , then he saw her upper lip twitch and her eyelids flutter ; then she muttered , ‘ No ! no ! you ca n't do it . ’ |
| 16 | Doreen 's jaw sagged slightly , then she muttered in a sulky manner , ‘ I suppose so — ’ |
| 17 | Then she noted a curious twitching at the edge of Lady Merchiston 's bloodless lips and an intensity of the creases at the corners of her eyes . |
| 18 | Then she retraced her steps , pausing , as she so often did , when she reached the landing . |
| 19 | Then she replaced it and went over to see to Mrs Mitchell who lay on the top of the bed dressed only in a calico nightgown groaning as she writhed about . |
| 20 | Then she struggled up , burying her face in his hand and her own . |
| 21 | She let Ferdinando teach her how to judge an aubergine ripe and a chicken fresh and then she copied those older women she had seen for the rest . |
| 22 | Then she rubbed her wrists and her forehead with a cologne stick . |
| 23 | Then she rubbed her eyes . |
| 24 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 25 | Then she sent Nara to fetch the things she would need : a piece of rope the length of the space between her hands when she held out her arms ; a supple willow twig , the length of the space between Nara 's hands : a sprig of the dā telo bush in flower : and some wheat flour and tobacco for her own payment . |
| 26 | " Then she sent him in to get Mr Lee and they spent about five minutes in the sitting room . " |
| 27 | Then she sent Molly into a shadowy room which seemed at first to be empty . |
| 28 | And then she sent them bouncing across the table . |
| 29 | Rachel asked the switchboard to page Dr Markham in his meeting , then she sent for Greg and the factory ambulance . |
| 30 | Then she stiffened in shocked disbelief , the Campari bottle poised precariously over her glass . |