Example sentences of "then [pron] [modal v] [verb] [det] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Then I 'll send another telegram to the local post office . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Well , then I 'll boil that side wo n't I ? with all the cuts , right , mix that round if you like . |
| 8 | I 'll tidy it up , then I 'll have some lunch and then we 'll go down yeah ? |
| 9 | Well then I 'll have another cup |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Cos then I can have any fabric you see . |
| 12 | ‘ Then I can foresee some difficulties . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If fashion was the raison d'être of outdoor clothing ( do n't laugh ) , then I could end this review here . |
| 17 | Then I could have that machine and Justy can have mine . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , then I must bring some flowers or fruit , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | And then somebody 'll sing some song that 's completely unrelated to it |
| 22 | They 'll marry before long , and then you 'll have more grandsons than you can count . |
| 23 | I ordinarily rise by six ; I will allow you to lie half an hour after me then you 'll have some time you may call your own . |
| 24 | Should you , at any stage , decide you want to work on your own , then you may give this Moscow policeman the slip . |
| 25 | If your band 's sound is less strongly defined , then you may need some help to dream up a style and image Libraries are a good source of inspiration , and by browsing through the books and magazines on fashion you may get some ideas . |
| 26 | If you find you never get beyond the stage of " falling in love " or " being in love " and meeting the other as the real-life individual behind the projection , then you may need some help to look at what 's happening and why . |
| 27 | But whatever , we are keen on it now , we should always have been , and if you treat people at the work place just like dirt , if you continue to turn Britain into a sweat shop , drive down wages , drive down people 's rights , then you may get some form of external investment come into this country , but we will never compete with the Dutch and the Germans and the Scandinavians , and we will never have a happy and united country . |
| 28 | Try and identify the general pattern of trading ; then you will recognize any deviations from it . ’ |
| 29 | If you already operate a conventional publications production system then you will have little problem in converting those existing skills onto the new technology . |
| 30 | If you need to discover how you spend your time then you will find this spreadsheet very useful and even if you do n't then it contains some helpful tips for handling dates and times . |