Example sentences of "[coord] then he [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he heard the automatic alarms . |
| 2 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 3 | Des was chatting with Macca on football focus in the morning , and then he said the same thing . |
| 4 | ‘ And then he had the infernal nerve to write and ask if she was managing all right , ’ he continued bitingly . |
| 5 | And then he had the blasted cheek to offer him a coffee , emphasizing his familiarity with the flat , his rights of ownership . |
| 6 | And then he saw the same look of horror on Jimmy 's face as he pulled him roughly back . |
| 7 | Initially , he could n't see the body , and then he noticed the tell-tale blanket draped over a shape on the floor . |
| 8 | The man moved to stand at the top of the stairs , barring their way , and then he recognized the young man . |
| 9 | He tore the pages up into big pieces and then he tore the big pieces up into tiny pieces . |
| 10 | Even as he was shaking his head , Patrick could hear Tom Rooney saying to him , " You 're part of the organization now … we look after our own , " and then he remembered the young gunman 's statement , " We need people like you … if any of you feel like joining … " |
| 11 | And then he remembered the piercing coldness of the Knife of Light slicing deep into his body , and the Lad 's evil greedy eyes and grinning mouth , and he knew that he was not dying , that this could be worse than death , for he was to suffer the soulless existence of all who become victims of the Knife of Light . |
| 12 | He turned the bag upside down and dumped everything onto the floor , and then he did the same for the drawers and for the wardrobe . |
| 13 | Dezi 's visit to the showground continued with a canter around the main ring … and then he joined the grand parade . |
| 14 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |