Example sentences of "then she [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she realised why the meeting had dragged on , when the matter under discussion could have been finalised in ten minutes : it was the morning 's work . |
| 2 | Then she wrote out a cheque in payment of the forgotten parking-ticket , put it in an envelope and went out . |
| 3 | Then she went down the branch line to Port Penrhyn . |
| 4 | Then she ran down the post to the ground below . |
| 5 | Then she folded back the top of the shift . |
| 6 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 7 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 8 | Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order . |
| 9 | Then she saw how the Oxo boy on the advertisement hoarding smiled and she realized that they had come a different way by a different route and that she was nearly at Mrs Parvis 's boarding house . |
| 10 | Then she reached up a hand and stroked his hair gently . |
| 11 | Then she reached out a hand and took hold of her water-jug . |
| 12 | Then she reached out a hand to clasp one of hers . |
| 13 | Then she switched on the indicator . |
| 14 | Then she let out a scream that seemed to lift her right up into the air and she dropped the plate with a crash and a splash onto the floor . |
| 15 | Then she let out a cry that brought most of the searching Brownies back at top speed to the beech . |
| 16 | Then she let out the breath and sagged against the desk . |
| 17 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 18 | Then she put down the hairbrush and inspected her countenance . |
| 19 | She stared uneasily at the envelope , at the black , firm hand , at the French stamp , and then she put out the light and went to bed . |
| 20 | Puzzled at first , she turned every page , then she held up the book by its spine and let the pages flutter ; no sheet of paper fell out . |
| 21 | Then she gave up the struggle and dropped on her knees beside Debbie . |
| 22 | Then she snuffed out the light , and waited for a moment , getting her owl-vision . |
| 23 | Then she picked up a parcel lying next to her , and looked round to see if the driver was coming back . |
| 24 | Then she picked up a telephone and talked to Conway . |
| 25 | Then she picked up a pencil and quickly worked out the sum on a piece of paper . |
| 26 | Then she picked up the wicker bird cage and took it to the sill . |
| 27 | Then she picked up the book of ‘ psychological correspondences ’ again and began with difficulty to read the letters . |
| 28 | Then she picked up the letter with the neatly typed address . |
| 29 | She waited until she heard the outer door close , then she picked up the receiver . |
| 30 | Then she tore up the sheet . |