Example sentences of "then [verb] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kissed her on the forehead and lips tenderly , then placed her on the floor . |
| 2 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Worksop . |
| 3 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Workshop . |
| 4 | Came a day when your mother walked along the strand at Starr Hills and knew that tomorrow , or the next day , or the day after that , the stupid peasants would come and take away your grannie to the witch-finder , prick her for witch-marks , watch her till she maddened from sleeplessness , then swim her in the river . |
| 5 | I flew her three times straight off , and then returned her to the aviary . |
| 6 | Then eject her from the taxi , propel her on to its bonnet , and let her do the business from Singin' in the Rain . |
| 7 | He then kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye . |
| 8 | He watched her go , his smile crooked , heard her say goodnight to Matey — her manners were always impeccable — then followed her into the kitchen to pick up her candlestick and light the candle for her ; it had grown dark while they had drunk their cocoa and eaten their biscuits . |
| 9 | He held the door open for her then followed her into the warmth of the bar . |
| 10 | Richard had already been remarked as the kind of small boy enchanted by small girls and deaf to the ridicule of his peers on the matter ; on this occasion he watched Victoria twist her curls around her fingers in motionless fascination for ten minutes , then followed her for the rest of the afternoon , fetching drinks and finding seats , carrying her favourite blue rabbit when she dropped it and picking out the choicest pieces of bread and butter for her at tea . |
| 11 | The man then grabbed her around the neck and forced her to the ground . |
| 12 | A gorgeously dressed footman inspected her ticket , then bowed her into the hallway which was brilliant with candles and thronged with people . |
| 13 | John Ryan MP claimed to have seen a policeman remove a woman 's glasses and then strike her on the head ; she had appeared , to him , to be over sixty years of age and a bystander . |
| 14 | Vasili shook her shoulders violently then slapped her across the face . |
| 15 | They make as if they 're gon na break into the room , and one of these guys is enjoying himself saying how he 's decided to rape her and then hand her to the dog . |
| 16 | In the circumstances , I ca n't expect a warm welcome , Sabine thought wryly , as Ernestine silently accepted her light wrap , then conducted her to the salon where Gaston de Rochefort was waiting . |
| 17 | He was out of the car and round to her side , opening the door , almost dragging her from the seat and then propelling her up the path . |