Example sentences of "then [pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I shall examine some criticisms of the monist position from a pluralist point of view , trying at the same time to bring out the presuppositions that underly such criticisms and showing that a clarification of these presuppositions demands a critical exploration of certain new philosophical topics that have not been touched on hitherto . |
| 2 | If it is crystal clear and I am convicted of being in my dotage or of going on at half-cock then I shall ask British Telecom to accept my apologies wince at the thought of my next bill , and keep my nose clean . |
| 3 | In explaining each point , I shall begin by posing a problem that the living machine faces ; then I shall consider possible solutions to the problem that a sensible engineer might consider ; I shall finally come to the solution that nature has actually adopted . |
| 4 | But I promise you this , my girl , if you tell lies again , particularly spiteful ones , then I shall find some way of punishing you that you wo n't forget in a hurry . |
| 5 | That was my work , then when she came down on duty , she would sit one side of the table with her books and I would sit the other and count all the money , you see , then I would take this money er , in a bag , through on to the black through the , past the ticket collector and take it to the booking office and they took it from me and took it when they took their money to the bank , you see . |
| 6 | If the distance between bait and bullet was , say , 12 inches , then I would have 12 inches of line that would be out of my control . |
| 7 | Okay well as I said previously what I 'm gon na do is go away and then I 'll prepare some figures for you and perhaps I 'll come and see you next week , okay ? |
| 8 | Then I 'll send another telegram to the local post office . |
| 9 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 10 | Well , then I 'll boil that side wo n't I ? with all the cuts , right , mix that round if you like . |
| 11 | Okay so that 's how you , that 's how you 'd do three quarters you 'd say well I could find a quarter of it and then cut it all up into quarters and then I 'll take three pieces , three quarters . |
| 12 | It may go on after half term because she may not be able to come down on those two days , if that happens then I 'll have other back up material for them |
| 13 | I 'll tidy it up , then I 'll have some lunch and then we 'll go down yeah ? |
| 14 | Well then I 'll have another cup |
| 15 | If he is n't just amusing himself , then I can expect total siege . |
| 16 | Because if I can I 'd rather get it off her than get it out of our club because then I can get some Christmas presents out of their lot . |
| 17 | Cos then I can have any fabric you see . |
| 18 | ‘ Then I can foresee some difficulties . ’ |
| 19 | If that means that I 've got to upset a few people because I 'm trying to prevent somebody 's life being lost then I will upset those people . |
| 20 | the ensuite and er and then I will have three lodgers , I will have Neil |
| 21 | However , my contract with the club is up next May and then I will have more time on my hands , but I will still need help with the Irish job . |
| 22 | I promised myself I would n't come near you again unless you wanted me to , that the ball would always be in your court , and that if you chose to kick me out of your life for good , then I 'd respect that wish , even if it 'd half kill me to do so . |
| 23 | Oh I ca n't sling that now , then I 'd have two John . |
| 24 | If fashion was the raison d'être of outdoor clothing ( do n't laugh ) , then I could end this review here . |
| 25 | Then I could have that machine and Justy can have mine . |
| 26 | Families were breaking down when I was a probation officer in King 's Cross , but then I could get these kids rent money for private accommodation up front . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , then I must bring some flowers or fruit , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 28 | Oh right , you 've all got drinks and you 've all got something to eat , well while you 're doing that then I must do these bingo |
| 29 | If there 's anything embedded in it like gravel or something and it does n't come away easily you must n't , it comes under the categories of what you call foreign bodies , which first aider is not at liberty to poke about , you must leave foreign bodies that do n't come away easily where they are and bandage them round and send them off to hospital or a doctor , but assuming it 's just a little clean graze , if I have n't got a tap to put it under , then I must use little bits of gauze to wash , put in a bowl of water and just wipe , yeah , and you always wipe obviously from the centre of a wound towards the outside , otherwise if you start to wipe across the whole thing you take dirt from one side of the wound across and drop it off in the middle somewhere , so you wipe from the centre out and throw that piece away and you take another piece and wipe from the centre out and so on until you feel happy , quite happy . |
| 30 | And then somebody 'll sing some song that 's completely unrelated to it |