Example sentences of "and then [vb past] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'T WAS stamped with your father 's seal , and I just accepted it — and then flung myself into battle after battle , trying to forget you , never knowing why you continued to haunt me , until I thought you had betrayed me . ’ |
| 2 | Sitting on the next barstool was an antiques dealer called James ; he discussed his feelings with Clare for the next two hours and then took her to dinner at the Ox on the Roof , where she chose the most filling dishes . |
| 3 | In 1794 and 1795 she organized concert performances of La clemenza di Tito in Vienna ( in the 1795 performance Beethoven played the D minor Piano Concerto , K.466 , between the acts ) ; and then took it on tour through Germany , with great success . |
| 4 | If my right hand had n't felt as if somebody had grafted a bunch of bananas on to it and then dipped it in acid , it would have been a pleasant experience . |
| 5 | The farmer made a note of her name and address , and then sent her off home . |
| 6 | Albert Fall arranged for their transfer to the Department of the Interior , and then leased them in secret to two private oil magnates from whom , it was later revealed , he had received substantial bribes — some $300 000 and a herd of pedigree cattle . |
| 7 | And he had pigs ' eyes , was all that she could think as he said , ‘ Let me call you back , ’ into the phone and then cradled it before standing and , still holding her arm and not much caring about how it would hurt , moving to close the office door . |
| 8 | They watched as the judges conferred and then placed them in order in the line-up . |
| 9 | Edith took the plates to Margot Iverson 's end of the table , where the vegetables were served , and then handed them in turn to the guests . |
| 10 | When we grouped the sectors approximately into local government districts and then ranked them on density of oil workers , this ranking coincided with that based on data for offshore workers in the 1981 census , suggesting that our data was not affected by geographic bias . |