Example sentences of "then went [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er it was a short time after , having given the order for the officers to enter the flat , erm maybe three or four minutes after that erm , having received the information that the flat was secure , it was safe to enter er I then went up to the flat . |
| 2 | Robert then went up to the staffroom door and listened . |
| 3 | Siegfried took a long shuddering breath then went over to the bread tin , extracted a loaf and began to saw at it . |
| 4 | Shooting him a look of pure undisguised venom , she wrenched her elbow from his grasp , then went through to the kitchen , anger churning inside her like the waves of a storm-tossed sea . |
| 5 | ‘ The roof restoration began in 1982 and we then went on to the rest of the building repainting emblems throughout the length of the station , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He then went on to the University of Leipzig where he stayed for four years , except for an interlude in Berlin of eighteen months . |
| 7 | Harry , for his part , exchanged a knowing smile with Papaioannou , then went on in the direction of the village . |
| 8 | She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this . |
| 9 | ‘ In some cases it does , ’ said Mervyn and then went out of the room . |
| 10 | She left the cloakroom and went to her office , took the report from the night sister and then went out of the office towards the nursing station . |
| 11 | Her mother had made some scones and pies in her afternoon leisure and picked some flowers in case the child came back in need of cheering up , so they ate some supper and then went out to the headland . |
| 12 | He ate it quickly + then went out into the sunshine . |
| 13 | He thanked the boy , then went out into the gathering darkness and across to the trodden path on the inner perimeter of the camp . |
| 14 | He stayed at the table talking with Mahmoud for another moment or two and then went out into the street . |
| 15 | He then went off to the desert to see Montgomery , accompanied by Shan Hackett , to ask permission to hand-pick volunteers from the various regiments in the Eighth Army . |
| 16 | They crouched at the bottom of Stone 's garden , then went in through the gate , bent low , finding cover in the vegetable area , among the canes and wire netting , then darting to a position behind a tall , trellis fence . |
| 17 | Her forced smile still in place , she handed out the sheets , then went back to the kitchen and grabbed the pad and pencil that was thrust at her . |
| 18 | I told my father I was all right and I 'd be in for my dinner in an hour or so , then went back to the shed to wipe Gravel down . |
| 19 | He then went back to the door to check for any sign of the security guards he was certain would be waiting for him . |
| 20 | Rachel bought absurd things , then went back to the villa , and unpacked all her useless purchases , aware that she had bought a ridiculous diamanté choker to cheer herself up , and now felt a fool . |
| 21 | They stared at the dead sheep for a few seconds longer , then went back to the van . |
| 22 | He drew off some fluid and relieved the pressure , then went back to the office , where he shook his head gloomily as he pored over the report that had come back with her from Seapark . |
| 23 | He nodded , then went back to the oven , taking a jar from the shelf on the wall and emptying out half its contents on to the board beside the oven . |
| 24 | Blue raincoat pointed at the open door , then went back to the car . |
| 25 | I closed my eyes for a bit , then went back into the Bunker to tidy up . |
| 26 | I remember screaming and my scream breaking into ecstatic laughter and relief as the bear , instead of eating Charlot , started walking splay-footed in imitation of him , then went back into the wood . |
| 27 | He watched Tessa start reluctantly down the stairs , cradling the open suitcase in her arms , then went back into the flat , wishing it were the middle of the night once more . |
| 28 | She looked in the garden again and then went back through the house and out on to the road . |
| 29 | In bitter scrapping over Douaumont on May 24th , Thaw shot down a Fokker and then went back in the evening for more , but was cornered by three enemy planes . |
| 30 | I then went down into the cockpit , where I counted eleven of our best men lying dead . |