Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I have practised yoga for many years , but then I met a Jesuit priest who had been sent to the Far East by the Catholic Church to experience the Buddhist way and see how it might relate to Catholic worship . |
| 2 | But where the research and claims go further , as the proponents of smart drugs increasingly do , and assert that there is a widespread disability , ‘ age-associated memory deficit ’ , and that the drugs will be able to alleviate the symptoms of this memory loss , then I become a great deal more sceptical . |
| 3 | I put my photos up and then I had a little rest . |
| 4 | ‘ Once next door and then I had a second breakfast with Dad . |
| 5 | So , in the example you 're referring to , I had like a title and then I had a sub-title and further details and another sub- title and further details , and then I had a total line |
| 6 | Then I had a blooming fall . |
| 7 | Then I had a bright idea — why not go home to see if any more rubbish was available . |
| 8 | then I felt a real twit , cos a man came up and I said I think something 's gone wrong with the auto bank machine , says I , it wo n't give me any money because it 's , it 's coming up there 's an error , so he said well I 'll try and see , he says , he put in exactly the same card as me , he had the Midland card , put it in , got his money |
| 9 | Then I administered a little ouzo and we began to talk about Ivy . |
| 10 | Then I heard a new sound : a thin wail more certain than the birds , coming from inside the house , balancing between the shuffling draughts . |
| 11 | Then I made a fist-sized roll of the rest and shoved it into my deepest pocket . |
| 12 | Then I took a deep breath . |
| 13 | Then I took a deep breath . |
| 14 | Then I commenced a tremulous search through its pages , almost as if I expected to find details of a timeslip between Geneva and where I now was . |
| 15 | It was then I noticed a small cut on his forearm , at least it looked small until it opened up and I realised it went all the way through all the underlying muscles . |
| 16 | Then I retrieved a 251 metal container , with a good-fitting lid , from a skip . |
| 17 | Then I saw a second light beside the first . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ As we approached the town we swerved to avoid a mine in the road , then I saw a second mine three feet in front of us . |
| 19 | I did quite a lot on that single bed machine , even intarsia and then I saw a double bed advertised for £15 . |
| 20 | Then I saw a light aircraft orbiting overhead and started waving to it , but he disappeared and I did n't know if he 'd seen me . |
| 21 | Then I hear a muffled cry of alarm , but a rush of wind breaks up the information to my ears . |
| 22 | Then I laid a paler colour into the gaps left for the highlights and took it back over the previous work as well to unify the colour . |
| 23 | Then I received a final notice and now a summons . |
| 24 | Then I got a clear view of the mink , which was grabbing tufts of grass in its mouth and dragging them backwards into the den . |
| 25 | After a little while I went on to the drum with Mr Stevens ’ brother , Sid ; and then I got a full man 's money , one and eightpence , a lot o' money to take home then . |
| 26 | Then I reached a narrow alley full of large snowballs . |
| 27 | Then I use a basic selection of watercolours , working in the darker background shades first and taking care not to run colours together . |
| 28 | Then I use a basic selection of watercolours , working in the darker background shades first and taking care not to run colours together . |
| 29 | Then I played a second lad and beat him too . |
| 30 | So then I spent a few hours quietly relaxing , until finally Posi reached the rendezvous point , reduced speed and gave the ’ spacecraft sighted ’ warning . |