Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Then I looked at the cheerful cockney .
2 Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home .
3 And then she looked at the empty stairway beside her .
4 She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg .
5 Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook .
6 Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence .
7 And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down .
8 Then he looked at the dead woman .
9 Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived .
10 He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons .
11 Those light eyes rested on her as if he was making a mental sketch of her face ; then he glanced at the slim gold watch on his wrist .
12 Then he glanced at the fat woman carrying the naked-heeler .
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