Example sentences of "then [pers pn] was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And then he was singing Frere Jaques right and I did n't know the words to it so I just sorry I ca n't remember the words and he goes .
2 When I was a child he was selling insurance , then he was offloading imported sheepskin coats in the London street markets , then it was free range eggs .
3 And then he was saying different things like he said er you know say , well w we were in .
4 She heard his sigh , then he was raising one hand to the dark wealth of hair at the back of her head , drawing her face away from the warm sanctuary of his chest , ignoring her small whimper of protest as his lips descended on hers .
5 Then he was dropped five games later and it became obvious to all that the goalkeeping hero of the finest days the club had ever known could not be long in going — and on 16 October 1973 he moved over to Orient for a £30,000 fee .
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