Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] out [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 And then I ran out after the
2 I waited for half-an-hour or so , then I went out to the phone box on the quay and rang his home .
3 Then I looked out of the window and saw her with Tony Duncan .
4 Then I got out of the chair and was going to change my pants .
5 Then I branched out into a new area .
6 I stuck it till my teeth began to scream and then I ducked out of the line-up and no one noticed I 'd gone .
7 Even then I started out as a singer , until it struck me that I 'd absolutely no chance of making it — something to do with having an absolutely diabolical voice , I think .
8 Then she stepped out into the crisp early evening air to find the western sky streaked with reds and golds , and the shadows in the distant hills turning to violet .
9 Then she struck out towards the horizon , doing a slow , leisurely crawl .
10 Then she came out of the boathouse and shut the door .
11 Then she went out into the heat .
12 Then she went out into the garden to walk around for a while and before she was aware of her own movements , found herself moving briskly , almost running , up the green slope to the sea .
13 And then she glanced out of the main kitchen window , the one that had a partial view of the terrace ; Angelica looked as well , and saw that they had a few customers arriving and looking around uncertainly at the unstaffed deck .
14 Then she ran out of the house , bumping into Tom Firth , the landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton , as he came in .
15 Then she drifted out of the door and down the stairs , leaving the studio door open behind her .
16 Then she hurried out to the kitchen to tell them all the news .
17 Then she slid out into the hall , fist clenched over the treasure in her pocket .
18 Then she swore out of the blue and said , ‘ The truth is , you know , I suddenly hope Stephen does n't come again .
19 Then she scrambled out of the car , slamming the door shut behind her .
20 Then she jumped out of the van and went round to the back to unload .
21 Then she wandered out into the grounds .
22 And then we got out on the course and we realized .
23 We had a final drink with Nils while he checked the list of his requirements for the prop-shaft alterations , then we went out into the night , walking quickly through the bitter blustering of the wind back to our billet .
24 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 .
25 Then we walked out into the stadium .
26 So they took it back to Wyvis Hall and hung it up again and then they lay out on the terrace in the sun , eating rump steak and potato crisps and drinking Hirondelle rose .
27 Then they ran out of the saloon and up the backstairs as quickly as they could , to resume their game in the safety of the nursery .
28 They passed the greengrocer with his window full of apples and oranges , and the butcher with bloody lumps of meat on display and naked chickens hanging up , and the small bank , and the grocery store and the electrical shop , and then they came out at the other side of the village on to the narrow country road where there were no people any more and very few motor-cars .
29 Then he looked out of the window … there were NO trams or tramlines .
30 Then he walked out through the doorway .
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