Example sentences of "then he [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Then he dragged himself through the crowds to a quiet cranny of the Ibis Boat Club at Chiswick .
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 eased himself through the narrow gap feet first , and dropped lightly to the floor .
5 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 .
6 Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening .
7 For a tick of eternity , his sapphire eyes seemed to burn through her , and then he said something to the woman , touched her lightly on the arm , and started across the room .
8 Then he said something in a very low voice , while gesturing at the bruiser with the wallet .
9 Then he jabbed him in the ribs again .
10 Then he took her into a long flat-roofed building like a small aircraft hangar .
11 She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car .
12 Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good
13 Then he took it with a brief word of thanks .
14 Then he took us to the university where a friend of his , an Englishman , was studying the local bird life .
15 Then he lowered himself into the driving seat , slowly and painfully , and pulled the door shut .
16 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 .
17 Then he pinned her against the wall , took up a karate stance and began punching her in the breast and armpit .
18 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 .
19 Just then he noticed me for the first time .
20 Then he bundled them into a stolen car in their nightclothes .
21 ‘ But then he got her into the trouble in the first place .
22 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 .
23 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
24 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 .
25 Then he hanged himself in the garage close to where he found battered Marion dying last week .
26 Then he dumped her in a ditch beside the Denver to West Dereham road , just two miles from her home .
27 Then he hurled himself against the rigid flap of wall , pushing it , bending it back into the hole , stamping on it as he forced his way into the darkness beyond .
28 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 .
29 Then he swatted himself across the nose with the 400 , and walked out jauntily .
30 Then he invited me to a gypsy baptism which was to be held that night in the suburb of Vallecas .
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