Example sentences of "[coord] then i [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , not until the until we opened the door , gave that quick check and then I saw a figure or figures in the bed . |
| 2 | And then I know a lot people who now in retirement do not have a bath , because they ca n't be confident enough at getting out of a bath , so they say oh well I manage with a shower . |
| 3 | I settled a few things in the bathroom there and then I had a wash , I 've had a wash and did all the about quarter to eleven . |
| 4 | I was thinking about it yesterday , I suppose — and then I had a dream last night . |
| 5 | So , in the example you 're referring to , I had like a title and then I had a sub-title and further details and another sub- title and further details , and then I had a total line |
| 6 | And then I had a go at him . |
| 7 | I did hairdressing for five years and then I had a job as a manicurist at Claridges . |
| 8 | ‘ We had left it late to try for children , and then I had a miscarriage , ’ says Veronica . |
| 9 | I was a messenger and then I got a job as a shop assistant , later , funnily enough , to be filled by Frank Bruno . |
| 10 | Anyway , we and of course we gets up the line at the and then I got a touch of some sunstroke . |
| 11 | I came back for a month , met a Peruvian girl and then I got a letter from her giving me a really good reason to come back . |
| 12 | And there , the tailor , he 'd been trained in the war , and he he only had one la leg , and he seemed very nice , but er he told me to start on the Monday and then I got a letter . |
| 13 | And then I made a mistake , I felt it had all been a sacrifice in vain , I felt I had to make him appreciate what I 'd done , that he ought to let me go — so I tried to tell him . |
| 14 | and er then er , and then I kept a book for , for the petrol |
| 15 | The rubber wheels of the chair she was pushing squeaked on the tiled floor as she passed behind me and then I felt a hand on my inner left thigh . |
| 16 | I did er geriatrics obstetrics and gynaecology , psychiatry and casualty , and then I did a year as a G P trainee . |
| 17 | but er , I do n't know how he got out yesterday and I 've never , never know him parked down the road , not at all , anyway we got , I got home and erm , I said to Bev you know , right go and phone Lesley see if she 's in and then I did a bit of housework and then the phone rang , ooh , we was aiming to go out at one and that must of been ten to one , and it was Liz |
| 18 | Occasionally a space divided two buildings and then I caught a glimpse of attap huts , children playing , chickens scratching in the dust , pigs rooting , the vivid red of a flame tree , coconut and breadfruit trees , more what I expected than the pink-washed ‘ retirement bungalow ’ . |
| 19 | And then I used a delay , which in the beginning was an old , modified Echoplex , to produce a single repeat . |
| 20 | ‘ We had n't got a bite from any fish but then I felt a tug on the line , ’ said Robert . |
| 21 | But then I noticed a group of children on the other side of the square , pointing and laughing . |
| 22 | Mr Schabort said : ‘ At first they seemed quite eager but then I received a letter saying it was not council policy to meet with South African officials . |
| 23 | The thought of ‘ introducing ’ timber wolves to the island and its inhabitants may have seemed rash at first , but then I introduced a boy with ‘ hate ’ tattooed on his knuckles to my parents once . |
| 24 | But then I remembered a conversation I had overheard her having with her sister-in-law . |
| 25 | I felt relief when I could n't find our name , but then I turned a page and there it was , together with those of Mrs Phipps , Mrs Woods , Mrs Buckley and several more of our neighbours . |