Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once next door and then I had a second breakfast with Dad . |
| 2 | Then I saw a second light beside the first . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ As we approached the town we swerved to avoid a mine in the road , then I saw a second mine three feet in front of us . |
| 4 | Then I played a second lad and beat him too . |
| 5 | And then my erm my mother saw him and then I went to see him and Then I started the last week in July with him after the school closed . |
| 6 | Then I tackled the next dish , which had succulent fat prawns nestling in it . |
| 7 | Actually it was only a matter of perhaps fifty seconds before the first convulsive rattle of protest shook his ribs , and then she felt the first thread of breath drawn out long and fine under her coaxing fingers as she sat back from him . |
| 8 | Then he ordered the second charge . |
| 9 | He seemed about to leave — walked to the door , in any case — but when he reached the foot of the bed , he took hold of the brass upright and pulled the bed out into the room ; then he carried a second ladderback chair to the head of the bed and sat down behind Annie . |
| 10 | ‘ They got him to hospital , but then he had a second attack . |
| 11 | Then he reached the first green of the tournament proper — rather than the first green of the practice rounds . |
| 12 | Then he noticed the third cup with some dregs of tea remaining in it ! |
| 13 | Then he grabbed the next branch above his head and pulled himself up again . |