Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And in the evening I looked for them , and then I saw them of course , I knew where they were and I thought quite longly we were right in the front .
2 Then I thought what on earth did he say !
3 Then I accused myself of ungenerosity .
4 Quickly I tidied away and washed the tea things , then she seated herself in front of the harmonium , pulled out the stops and began to play .
5 Then she held her at arm 's length and frowned a little .
6 Then she invited me to dinner .
7 And then she wanted me to sort of layer it in which would look better cos she wanted to keep the fringe longer .
8 Then we took it by boat to the Hispaniola .
9 You know they , they ran , they took the nurses , because the nurses home was a mile or , was it a mile or a mile and a half or something from the hospital , they had this , they took them in the morning and then they took them at lunchtime and then all the different shifts coming on and off they took them , and they had the schools run as well .
10 Then they asked us for lunch .
11 and erm and then they tried me on painting .
12 Then he told me about chaology , which he called the new buzz thing .
13 But then he took her by surprise .
14 Then he pronounced himself in favour of Baldwin remaining in office to meet Parliament .
15 Then he found himself in conversation with the Queen and the subject cropped up .
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