Example sentences of "then i [vb past] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I filled up the brandy bottle with what I thought was water from a big brown bottle . |
| 2 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 3 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 4 | Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside . |
| 5 | Then I plucked up the courage to start moving around on my own and began walking down a path when the gentleman in grey asked people to stand aside , and I stepped well back . |
| 6 | Then I skipped down the entry ladder with indescribable relief . |
| 7 | Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me . |
| 8 | Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was . |
| 9 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 10 | Then I picked up the Nescafe tin and prised the lid off . |
| 11 | Then I turned out the light and settled at the window amidst the bottle-brush fronds of monkey-puzzle . |
| 12 | Then I climbed up the rope myself . |
| 13 | I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway . |