Example sentences of "then he [modal v] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he would leave me 5 feet short and 1 would miss . " |
| 2 | Then he would don his man-made fibre flared trousers of airforce blue and a clean , ironed shirt and drive into the neighbouring town for the opening of the office . |
| 3 | He would try harder , hobbled by self-consciousness , and then he would say something precious , or stupid , or insulting . |
| 4 | Then he would remember his own beloved homesite , and whisper to himself of its dour moorland and rough sea coast , and the winds and the rain that did battle with an eagle 's wings . |
| 5 | But he said : ‘ The fans may not think Ian 's the best man for the job but if they lay off him for a bit then he might get it right for them . ’ |
| 6 | And that 's where he moved from here over the road and after then he used to have his own , see , he had a slaughterhouse built at the back , see , he done away with the slaughterhouse down the piste and he used to kill all his stuff there . |
| 7 | They would go in a day or two , he thought , and then he could collect his new guns from Holland and Holland on the same trip . |
| 8 | Then he could find nothing more to say at all . |
| 9 | Yeah I just swore at my father did well I said getting up at six o'clock in the morning every day and then go to work till six at night cos during the day I get tired so I use to lay down on his bunk then he 'd lift his little hat a way up and he 'd say er bloody fire 's out . |
| 10 | And when he makes his fortune ’ ( which was a foregone conclusion ) ‘ then he will send me much more . |
| 11 | ‘ If the pressure gets to Shearer then he will find it tough to produce the sort of form he is capable of . |
| 12 | If he succeeds , then he will deny his former club Holywood from retaining their Harp Kirk Cup and Senior One titles ! |