Example sentences of "and then [pers pn] [vb past] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then we er we left school and then we went to work for to w we went to look for work . |
| 2 | And then we got to school and it was all big and confusing and there was all these boys I 'd never seen before , all with their parents and some of the kids were weird-looking with funny eyes . |
| 3 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 4 | And then she went to sleep again until ten , on our bed . |
| 5 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 6 | She sighed to herself and smiled to herself at Auntie 's mistake ; and then she set to work with Auntie 's sewing-machine . |
| 7 | Yes oh I ee I , I 'm led to understand that he , he built that church and I 'm led to understand that at the same time he started , he came as a curate to St Matthew 's and then he came to Street into a house and he had a little , he started a little church down there in a private house and then he built the church . |
| 8 | Before she could do more than smile up at him , he had kissed her eyes , her lips , the soft skin of her neck just below her ear , and then he began to unbutton her clothes . |
| 9 | Erm if you passed , erm you did a stint and then you came to College , Nottingham for your teaching ticket . |
| 10 | ‘ I watched the television for a bit , ’ said Brown shuffling uneasily in his chair , ‘ and then I went to bed . ’ |
| 11 | And then I went to bed and this morning woke up later . |
| 12 | For example , today , I had practice from 8am until 10am and then I went to school and had two lessons . |
| 13 | The first time was when she called to order the piece , and then I went to Bracken Cottage to measure — ’ |
| 14 | Then we moved to the and then I went to Road School , which I finished my time there , fourteen . |