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 | And then she looked at the empty stairway beside her . |
3 | She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Then he glanced at the fat woman carrying the naked-heeler . |