Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 2 | Now I can understand that isolation , but then I felt like the stray cat of Egypt , not only unloved but undeserving of all regard . |
| 3 | Then I ran across the burning stones into the sea . |
| 4 | Just then I glanced through the little bedroom window and saw all the women and kids still hanging about outside . |
| 5 | Well then I went to the British battalion , |
| 6 | Then I came to the fourth floor landing and Toby 's door opened and there he was . |
| 7 | Then I looked at the cheerful cockney . |
| 8 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 9 | Then I bit into the first slice of bread ; home made , plastered thickly with farm butter and topped by a lavish layer of heather honey from the long row of hives I had often seen on the edge of the moor above . |
| 10 | But then I found in the same week in the relatively liberal UK magazine Time Out several references to women as ‘ chicks ’ and ‘ broads ’ . |
| 11 | Then I turned to the other side of the coin — the Civil War that might break out , even if Reunion were voted in by a majority and approved by the Dáil . |
| 12 | Then you went into the common room , Radio One was put on , and breakfast was called at 7.30 . |
| 13 | And er kept there , then you had in the front shop , you had a range of er hair er drawers with your drugs , your drugs at the bottom . |
| 14 | ‘ And then you called in the Royal 0xford , no doubt ? ’ |
| 15 | And then she took in the claw-like ends , curling inwards to grasp the stair . |
| 16 | And then she looked at the empty stairway beside her . |
| 17 | She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg . |
| 18 | Then she descended into the cool , light church . |
| 19 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 20 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
| 21 | Then she changed to the other leg . |
| 22 | Then she turned to the much-travelled carrier bag on the bed beside her . |
| 23 | Then she turned to the red bitch and thrashed her for her negligence , calling her lazy , useless , good-for-nothing . |
| 24 | And then something snapped inside the little cook . |
| 25 | Then we went over the two Harnham Bridges , one with its niches to enable pedestrians to shelter from passing vehicles and so to Exeter Street and home . |
| 26 | But erm we went into half time , and we were very pleased with the way things had gone , and it was just a case of trying to keep it going erm we stopped them from playing erm and then we came off the second half and everything just seemed to go wrong for us . |
| 27 | Before washing we first cleaned any food residue using earth , pine needles or grass ; utensils were pushed into the earth until they were clean then we washed in the soapy water ; rinsed , then dipped into a pot of boiling water to sterilize . |
| 28 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |
| 29 | Then we edged into the blue nightmap of stars . |
| 30 | Then they left for the 13-mile drive to their luxurious home at Corston , near Bath . |