Example sentences of "then [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking around then for a non-union post he succeeded in getting an appointment to the Script Department at Ealing Studios , a complex famous the world over for its comedies . |
| 2 | Then after a long pause she added , ‘ Absolutely nice . |
| 3 | Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend . |
| 4 | Mr Kronweiser sprang into his earlier stance of crouching flabby tiger , then with a deprecatory smile he relaxed stiffly and began rummaging in the top drawer . |
| 5 | Then with a great shout he began to plunge over bodies and kit-bags down the gangway towards us . |
| 6 | And then with a desperate movement he drew back from her grasp , his breath rasping in his chest . |
| 7 | Then with a sardonic smile he replied : ‘ I think the first sign , the very first symptom of Waldsterben , was an attack of blindness in foresters . ’ |
| 8 | Then with a renewed effort I managed to get it to moan like a person in pain . |
| 9 | Then with a quick movement he unfastened the zip . |
| 10 | There was an embarrassed silence and Nina glanced at Rachel , then at David Markham , then with a murmured apology she hurried from the room . |
| 11 | Lisa glanced defeatedly at the pile of papers , then with a heavy heart she gathered them up . |
| 12 | Then with a beckoning wave she disappeared from the window . |
| 13 | He gasped and reached up to her , pulling her down against his chest , and then with a swift movement he turned her beneath him . |
| 14 | Rachel sighed and shook her head slightly then with a little shrug she sat down on the side of the pool and dangled her legs in the water . |
| 15 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 16 | For one brief moment he paused to reflect on the finality of this his last visit which closed a thirty year chapter of his life ; then with a wry smile he descended the impressive stairway . |
| 17 | And for a moment they strained together , their breathing harsh , uneven , then with a sudden movement he rolled on top of her , his weight crushing her down into the grasses . |
| 18 | If we flew a perfect mission every trip then there would be no need to train , but then in a perfect world we would not need an Army and I would be out of a job . |
| 19 | As her head wagged his embarrassment grew ; then in a low tone she muttered , ‘ Here she comes . |
| 20 | Then in a louder voice she cried , ‘ You took me to see him , do you remember ? |
| 21 | ‘ No ! ’ whispered Jack , then in a louder voice he said commandingly , ‘ Go for it ! ’ |
| 22 | Then in a cool voice he dictated the four letters while she tried to keep up with him . |
| 23 | Then in a dry tone he observed , ‘ In that case , you are right . |
| 24 | Briefly she was left speechless by his audacity , then in a strangled voice she went on , ‘ All I have in mind is a breath of fresh air and to … to talk . ’ |
| 25 | Then without a backward look she nodded and returned to her piles of steaming clothes . |
| 26 | Then without a backward glance he fled towards the French windows , clutching the offending animal under his arm . |
| 27 | And then at a certain point she felt , and we felt , that Madam was n't quite enough ; and so just now , anyway , she was known as Madame , and no one in The Bar ever addressed her as anything else . |
| 28 | W And then at a later date she she would er reassess it and see what else you 'd done . |
| 29 | We know that the Trojan War , you know erm , what 's described in the Iliad and the Odyssey to the kiddies and er all these Greek and Greek heroes , we know that war actually happened , but it happened an awful long time before these poems were written and er Freud 's view is that what happens in a culture is there 's some initial traumatic event like the French Revolution or Trojan War , there 's a period of latency during which it seems to be forgotten about and nothing very much happens anyway , and then at a later stage it comes back again , there 's a return of a repressed and er Freud erm Freud quotes one or two other examples , er of the same kind of thing and Mike 's example is a very good one albeit er perhaps it 's good because it 's so recent , so the point you 're making Mike is that are you saying that Freud 's analogy is , is credible where French history and even industrial relations is concerned that there was a trauma , the Revolution of seventeen eighty nine , there were latency periods and then this kept coming back from the repressed time and time again ? |