Example sentences of "then [pers pn] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put my photos up and then I had a little rest . |
| 2 | ‘ Once next door and then I had a second breakfast with Dad . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Then I had a blooming fall . |
| 5 | Then I had a bright idea — why not go home to see if any more rubbish was available . |
| 6 | You might get a real bad one and then you had a rough time but mostly they gave way and very often , if you got a drunk , another policeman saw you were having some difficulty . |
| 7 | By then she had a terrible headache , but Hyper.0/6. one dose , relieved the headache instantly , the numbness was 50% improved after one minute and completely resolved after 30 minutes . |
| 8 | She sat dry-eyed for what felt like hours , then she had a long bath and washed her hair . |
| 9 | I ca n't keep on fishing in this bag , she said , and then she had a holy water stoup put up by the door , and filled it with them , you just took some on the way out . |
| 10 | times for auctioning though was er when shops went bankrupt , er especially chocolate shops , cos then we had a good time after he 'd done because we usually got loads of chocolate which was a luxury . . |
| 11 | not particularly my cup of tea but mum enjoyed them and they got everybody going and and then we had a good game of bingo . |
| 12 | false at first and then we had a big discussion about it . |
| 13 | Then we had a little talk , but it did not end there . |
| 14 | If he was to sing to you guvnor , and then we had a little collection , now that would n't be begging now would it ? ’ |
| 15 | But they lost several of the forty seconds through sheer surprise , then they had a technical problem . |
| 16 | And then they had a dumb waiter from er the main office to and and Robert 's office and and did not suffer fools gladly either . |
| 17 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 18 | A lot of them of course went to the quarries , but then they had a little steamer called the Florence Cook and she plied wherever she went and you probably know where she went . |
| 19 | Then he had a strange dream . |
| 20 | If a man could love flowers and arrange a garden like that , then he had a nice side to him . |
| 21 | It is possible that the latter drew some plans for Biddick ; if he did not , then he had a powerful influence . |
| 22 | Then he had a grubby bedsit . |
| 23 | ‘ They got him to hospital , but then he had a second attack . |
| 24 | He got up out of bed and then I was thinking then he had a sneaky feeling that he tried to get out the door . |
| 25 | Well you see one of the l one of lads , naughty , he had to finish , but then he had a bad chest before |
| 26 | And then he had a wonderful form of arithmetic ; and he divided up to see how much the stack weighed . |
| 27 | Then he had a happier thought : with Sam gone , Martha would need care and protection . |
| 28 | Even then he had a special devotion to subterranean tracks and as the train came to the Wellington tunnel ( he and his parents had been on holiday to Cornwall that summer ) he began letting out a series of long drawn-out hooting sounds . |