Example sentences of "then [vb base] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | She planned to wed a lord , then poison him . |
| 2 | so you close him on his final objection , you listen , you then sell him his objection , right , you sell him his objection , right , you confirm his answer , right , whatever he says to you and his answer you actually confirm it back to him , you do n't interrupt him , right , you do n't guess where he 's at , right and basically if work through a system you 'll get on there , now for me to be able to , to , to , what I 've just said to you is a load of garbage , but if I was sitting I was sitting actually go through each one of these steps and that 's what you term as a closing sequence , you see what I mean ? |
| 3 | ‘ Take him down below the three flights of hurdles , ’ Tremayne said , ‘ then bring him up over them at a useful pace . |
| 4 | Joy and Alan came back , and it was decided that we would wait until dark and then bring him down the fire escape ; luckily there was one right next to his room . |
| 5 | ‘ Then bring him in . ’ |
| 6 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 7 | Then bind him tightly , so there 's no chance of him harming himself . |
| 8 | If we command our dog to sit and he responds , we then pat him and tell him what a good boy he is . |
| 9 | So the order was changed : follow for an hour , then pick him up . |
| 10 | Those who saw him then say he seemed to shrink into himself and lose what ever vestige he had till then retained . |
| 11 | Disapproval would at first enrage and then devastate him , and these warning messages apparently arrived visually . |
| 12 | The AOC No 6 Group complained to me about this , so I suggested that he keep the culprit for a week and then send him back . |
| 13 | Then awaken him gently and present him with the bill . |
| 14 | It 's a cruel thing and especially to hit a boy on his right hand and then expect him to write with it . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not good if you have to tell a player that you do n't want him after the season then expect him to give 100 per cent . ’ |
| 16 | Ill then criticise him . |
| 17 | ‘ Why set Michael up to take the rap then kill him ? |
| 18 | She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . |
| 19 | Kelly stared at the pathetic figure for a moment and then let him go . |
| 20 | In this case , take the child some distance away and then let him or her watch for a while until the fear recedes , which it usually does within about ten minutes . |
| 21 | First , though , give him the benefit of a voluntary defence , possibly against Alex Stewart , and then let him get on with making us all feel good about finally having another British world heavyweight champion . |
| 22 | If he was the Christ , the King of Israel , then let him come down from the cross and convince people . |
| 23 | She resisted , then let him do it . |
| 24 | ‘ Then let him . |
| 25 | It was eight in the evening when Evelyn opened the door on the chain , then let him inside . |
| 26 | " Tell Master Amyas , " he said , loud enough for Amyas to hear , " that if his benighted father has anything to say to me , then let him get on his ass and come and say it to me direct , because he wo n't get me setting foot on his popish property , not while there 's breath in my body , he wo n't . " |
| 27 | So Harrison had lost the first fall unfairly : in the second he had twisted his man feet up and then let him crash to the ground . |
| 28 | ‘ If he wants to behave no better than an animal , then let him wallow in it , ’ she told him , and no amount of cajoling would persuade her otherwise . |
| 29 | Now Ebenezer Judge understood what he must have felt , as a dozen willing hands hoisted him on high , held him for an instant in mid-air , then let him down , inch by inch , until the back of his head knocked against the stone wall and the freezing water lapped over his boots . |
| 30 | The aim of the fight is to push the opponent down the tunnel to its entrance , clamp him , swing him free , and then let him drop . |