Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 2 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 3 | Then I went for a walk with Mr Sargent . ’ |
| 4 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
| 5 | He just ca n't put it forward , so you have to get a book and do it yourself , and then I ask for the syllabus so I can make sure |
| 6 | I listened at length to her story , then I talked for a moment about the unshakeable fact of the resurrection , about the city where God will wipe away every tear . |
| 7 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |
| 8 | Then she went for a walk . |
| 9 | Then she thought for a moment . |
| 10 | Then we went for a walk out in the garden . |
| 11 | And then we paid for a winter clean . |
| 12 | If I did manage to get the rubber disc in now , but then he arrived an hour or two late , and then we went out for a romantic candle-lit dinner , and then we chatted for a while … the spermicide would have decided to cease hostilities at just about the time I needed it to be at its most fierce . |
| 13 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 14 | A track is laid to allow the camera to move smoothly , then they go for a take . |
| 15 | Then they go for a month to a , Sue 's going on a computing course for a day on the tenth of June , the date Clare goes to Brompton , Isle of Wight , so I 'll have to bring them home . |
| 16 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 17 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 18 | and she helped him , cos he was n't well and they , then they send for an ambulance and at the the man , he was n't really well |
| 19 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
| 20 | Then he paused for a moment . |
| 21 | Then he felt for the pain in his neck . |
| 22 | He keeps calling in till he 's acknowledged , then he asks for a road report . |
| 23 | Then he reached for the brandy and tipped a measure into his own cup before offering to do the same with Shiona 's . |
| 24 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 25 | Then he thought for a moment , and began to smile . |
| 26 | pulls on his trunks then he swims for a while , gets out , takes off his trunks , puts his towel round himself , rubs himself , walks round the pool a couple of times and rubs himself |
| 27 | Then he heads for the store , to cash it in . |
| 28 | Then he fumbled for a cigarette , lit it clumsily , and sat drawing in smoke as if it were a narcotic . |
| 29 | In semi-darkness , she waited , hearing the sound of a key grating against metal , and then he fumbled for a moment , muttering to himself in Italian . |
| 30 | Then he sat for a while on the aisle stand which was a box covering the auto-pilot , where he was able to look out through the nose . |