Example sentences of "then he [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he tells me about the clothes allowance , and then I know why Sue looks so dishy three times a week , and then I start to salivate because you get to keep them ! |
| 2 | Then he looked her in the eye . |
| 3 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 4 | Then he laid her on the bed and feasted his eyes on her , slender and seductive , totally naked except for the glowing ruby that flashed fire whenever she moved her hand . |
| 5 | Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening . |
| 6 | Then he jabbed him in the ribs again . |
| 7 | Then he took us to the university where a friend of his , an Englishman , was studying the local bird life . |
| 8 | Then he lowered her to the ground and shifted over her , and for a second it was like it had been before and fear touched her , but then his lips came down and brushed her mouth , and she was lost . |
| 9 | Then he pinned her against the wall , took up a karate stance and began punching her in the breast and armpit . |
| 10 | For a long time he held the photograph , fingering it gently , careful not to mark it , and then he pinned it to the cork-board on the wall . |
| 11 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
| 12 | ‘ But then he got her into the trouble in the first place . |
| 13 | They passed through the hall again ; then he followed her across the lawn to where a rough wooden table was placed near the trunk of a large oak tree , to which was nailed an equally rough seat . |
| 14 | He said yes Mrs well then he followed me in the kitchen , stood behind me and I thought what the hell 's he hanging about for , I 'm gon na take it to him and the , his son- in-law was there |
| 15 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 16 | But Blain-Thomson will be able to tell you more then he gets him on the table . |
| 17 | Then he hurled it off the roof as far as he could , shouting at the top of his voice a threat to all evil spirits : warning them that tonight was the night they must leave the village for good . |
| 18 | Señor Gracias come in and talk to eem very quietly , then he heet him across the room . |
| 19 | anybody then he wants me to the Thursday and I said yeah that 's alright . |
| 20 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 21 | Then he hit me with the butt of his gun and the next thing I remember is coming round to find my colleagues crouched anxiously beside me . |
| 22 | ‘ He was singing Ernie — then he chased me round the flat . |
| 23 | Then he put it in the bag and wrapped the blanket round the bottle . |
| 24 | Then he pushed her into the bathroom and locked the door . |
| 25 | Then he pushed him towards the light , and in the light he saw the face of a boy of twenty . |
| 26 | Then he threw her into the basin … |