Example sentences of "and then when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Searle glosses Foucault 's comment by saying , ‘ The text is written so obscurely that you ca n't figure out exactly what the thesis is ( hence ‘ obscurantisme ’ ) and then when one criticizes it , the author says , ‘ Vous m'avez mal compris ; vous êtes idiot ' ’ ( hence ‘ Terroriste ’ ) . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Power ca n't have done because now and then when rebellion stirred during overlong film repairs he rushed down the aisle cracking a whip . |
| 3 | I would try and get people to work as a team together and then when it obviously is n't going to work properly , only then would I make the decision . |
| 4 | It 's pretty good cos when the lights go off I can see me and Marie in the window like it 's a mirror — and then when the lights come on , we disappear . |
| 5 | Up to last year we used to collect used postage stamps and then when our dear friend Father Burbage left for Zambia we had to abandon it because we had no idea where they were sent to . |
| 6 | And then when all the others went , ’ Mrs Hollidaye carried on talking as she removed Loopy Lil 's empty porridge bowl and replaced it with a plate piled high with toast , ‘ Lilian was the only one who stayed . |
| 7 | And then when you 're older , scutage , tallage , and how many old goats we 've had for archbishops and popes . |
| 8 | And then when she thought she was something , she did n't seem to like that any better . ’ |
| 9 | The situation changed , firstly when Andrew confounded medical opinion by playing again in December and then when Dawe pulled out of the semi-final match against Yorkshire after his club , Bath , had rearranged a postponed Courage League match at Rugby . |
| 10 | Cos we had to go you see , and you had to put your Sunday clothes on , your best coat and everything ; and then when you came back you had to take them all off again . ’ |
| 11 | She moved out for a while , but carried on cleaning for her ; and then when she married , she moved back in again , and had her first child there . |
| 12 | For the closing phrases , by which time she 'd completely lost it and was just plain screaming , we all fell silent , because it was awesome ; and then when she had finished the victim of her fury slowly exited right on cue in complete silence , complete silence except for Madame 's heavy breathing and the sound of Gary playing recitative on the piano , for he had been playing along under her rage all the time , as if to support it , as if this really was music to our ears . |
| 13 | He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice . |
| 14 | I got a good look at it though while Murchison had it in his hands and then when it was lying there in the water just looking up at us all . |
| 15 | And then when I fell and was trying to get up , he came at me with a knife and that 's when you opened the door and — Oh , Mamma ! ’ |
| 16 | They had stalled him for long enough , but with a baby coming , he could n't wait any longer and then when Rachel told them she had to get married , she was thrown out of the house . |
| 17 | ( And then when they 're older , a mother tends to worry about what the reason for |
| 18 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 19 | And sometimes his hand would creep a bit higher , and then when I was near fit to burst with joy he 'd stop his tickling and say : ‘ Ay , but I should n't do that , should I ? |
| 20 | They can have all the cleaning equipment ready for you , tidying and moving any light objects , as necessary , as their contribution to the exercise before your arrival , and then when the work is completed they will usually be very pleased if you have allowed time to sit down and have a cup of tea or a drink with them for a while before you leave . |
| 21 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 22 | It was mainly equipment setting up , and then when we did rehearse we only did a couple of songs a day . ’ |
| 23 | And then when you 're finished he pulls you in by the string . |
| 24 | Your weight and inches should remain constant during that week and then when you return to the diet you will probably find you lose more weight and inches quite easily . |
| 25 | Eventually Ryan appeased Neath by choosing more of their players but it made no difference : whatever kind of front five was chosen , static or mobile , Wales were beaten , and then when rugby league lucre had begun to attract an increasing number of his better players Ryan gave up the unequal struggle after the devastating defeat at Twickenham in 1990 . |
| 26 | Good taste to the General-Secretary was a matter of going further than any artist dreamed , and then when the mere craftsman of his vision had caught up with it , going further still . |
| 27 | And then when the invitations to speak to the Housewives ’ Register and Parish Council started rolling in , I realized that CHE had been noted as a part of the life of the town and it had a lot of potential friends . |
| 28 | My lover and I lived together for eight years and then when we got rid of the greengrocer 's shop , he ‘ went back to mother ’ . |
| 29 | In R5868 's absence Lancaster NF910 was code lettered ‘ PO-S ’ , and then when R5868 returned was then re-lettered ‘ PO-Q ’ . |
| 30 | Eubank has been at his best when right up against it and facing defeat , especially in the battle with Nigel Benn that first gave him the world middleweight title and then when he climbed off the floor in the second , tragic contest with Michael Watson . |