Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I walked upstairs to the dressing-rooms . |
| 2 | And then I came home after the sale . |
| 3 | I looked round the room , then I looked again at the old man . |
| 4 | Then I looked again at the passenger opposite me . |
| 5 | Then I looked closer at the clock . |
| 6 | If REAL estate agents are genuinely concerned about the cost to the public , then I look forward to the introduction by the estate agents of a fixed fee of £250 for estate agency , regardless of the value of the property ! |
| 7 | So I danced till we got to the edge of the room and then I danced right out the door and up the street . |
| 8 | Towards the eastern end of the Fontburn Reservoir , the path makes its way out of the woods and heads first south , and then you turn right along the line of the shake holes — natural craters formed by water — eroding limestone . |
| 9 | right , you go upstairs , pick up the most expensive article they 've got and then you go downstairs to the customer relations department and say I bought this article yesterday and say , and , and I 'm afraid |
| 10 | Er we then take this as the actual structure er social qualities we 're okay then you jump straight into the statement of the purpose er er because you 're . |
| 11 | She followed Martin and Clelia into the house , and drank , eventually , a large gin and tonic , and then she went home on the bus , and when she got home she was suddenly and violently sick . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course I will , ’ and she smiled at Mrs Langley and held out her hand and smiled at Rose and Grace , and then she went swiftly from the room and across the hall and down the steps to collapse shaking into the carriage . |
| 13 | Cassie stared for a moment at the spots of rain , apparently fascinated by their presence , and then she glanced quickly towards the window and the calm , unclouded summer sky beyond . |
| 14 | Then she leaped away from the second rat , just in time . |
| 15 | It is not , Lily thought , that I am ashamed , but then she thought again of the photograph in her dressing-room and blushed . |
| 16 | Then she looked again in the glass . |
| 17 | Then she looked across at the silent lawyer . |
| 18 | She lifted the envelope , testing its weight , then she moved across to the phone . |
| 19 | Then she moved quietly into the kitchen and made herself a mug of tea . |
| 20 | Then we went upstairs to the make-up room and Mr Wogan came to say a quick hello , which is his custom , I believe . |
| 21 | me , my mate and paul had a terrible night out after the spurs game : first we were supposed to meet two fellow norw. at a pub ( the black lion ? ) and they never showed up — then we went downtown to the marquee which was empty ( 8 quid out of the window ) and a not the place to go at a saturday nite ( no live music , just house — which i quite like — but there has to be some people around ) — then standing in queue at ‘ the borderline ’ for a couple of hours not getting in … and it was bloody cold ( hi paul ) — the wind just froze my balls of ( well nearly ) … the meet-up was cozy though — no problems finding the guys ( or rather : just look for mr cantona ) and time for a couple of pints before and after the game and no problem wearing a leeds outfit at the pub … i was not sporting my leeds away scarf when among the newcastle crowd though ; - ) |
| 22 | Then we waited silently in the middle bedroom in the dark . |
| 23 | ‘ We were fooling around … then we drove right around the corner to my hotel room . |
| 24 | Then we lays there on the towpath , under the bridge , and gets stuck into it , see ? ’ |
| 25 | ' I was objecting that , whatever you thought of Reagan , the United States was the archetypal democracy ; Mr Healey was remarking how very few people bothered to vote there at all , only one in five of the eligible voters having been enough to elect Bush ; and then we arrived obliquely at the part played in politics by exhaustion . |
| 26 | The trucks thumped heavily past , one by one , with slow inevitable movement , as she stood insignificantly trapped between the jolting black waggons and the hedge ; then they curved away towards the coppice where the withered oak leaves dropped noiselessly , while the birds , pulling at the scarlet hips beside the track , made off into the dusk that had already crept into the spinney ( 4 ) . |
| 27 | Then they exploded noisily into the air right in front of you , wheeled round in great , sweeping circles , crying their alarm calls , and settled again when you had passed . |
| 28 | And then they went right across the centre of the shop two steps , no guardrails , nothing . |
| 29 | Then they went home to the battlefields of the Great War . |
| 30 | Our crewmates warned us about the Biranese girls ' reputation as practitioners of a dangerous form of magic which could trap a man on their island for ever ; then they disappeared ashore into the backstreets . |