Example sentences of "then he [vb past] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shot a glance at Ellen , making sure that she had understood him as well as Thessy , then he looked at his watch and shouted for Bellybutton to start up one of the workboats . |
| 2 | Then he looked at his watch . |
| 3 | Harvey squeezed the sweat from his face with the edge of his hand and then he looked at his hand as though trying to tell his own fortune . |
| 4 | When he had inspected the target , when he had seen the envy of the officers who were gathered behind him , when he had received the instructor 's grudging approval , then he walked to his guard 's car . |
| 5 | Then he walked into his bedroom and sat on the edge of his bed with his head bowed while the bath filled , breathing deeply . |
| 6 | Then he ran to his car and drove five miles to alert police and park rangers . |
| 7 | If indeed he 'd secured the tickets as a way of bribing her between the sheets , then he suffered for his lust . |
| 8 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 9 | Then he reached in his sack for a pressie |
| 10 | He thought with envy of the young locum doctor standing in for him at home , seeing his patients at this very moment , and then he thought of his ex-wife , and his ex-cat , which used to sleep on their bed , and then with interest and longing of flukes , the flukes of absorption that can at least put the unforgettable at some merciful remove . |
| 11 | Then he thought about his life now — the empty days , the dead plans . |
| 12 | Then he exhaled through his nose and laid his fists , with care , back on the table . |
| 13 | Then he drank from his cup and set it aside . |
| 14 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 15 | Then he glanced at his watch . |
| 16 | Then he swung on his heel and brought his palm in an open-handed slap which crashed into my right ear with an explosive bang ; as I reeled away from it , he drove his fist into my eye . |
| 17 | Then he went across his terrace and down on to his damp spring lawn . |
| 18 | Subdued greetings , then he went about his business . |
| 19 | Then he went to his wall safe , opened it with the second key on the ring attached by a chain to his trouser belt , and took out his papers . |
| 20 | He and his Chief Wife dined alone at sunset , then he went to his office to work . |
| 21 | Then he went on his way . |
| 22 | Then he went into his Bar colleagues voice . |
| 23 | Then he went through his desk drawers , pulling out all his cuttings and notes , plans and magazines , everything to do with Jubilee Wood and the pheasants . |
| 24 | The senior Harmon was the best-playing club pro in golf , having won a Masters , then he returned to his golf shop . |
| 25 | Then he returned to his desk and sat behind it . |
| 26 | Then he returned to his cell to sweep and mop it . |
| 27 | He stood listening attentively for a moment as the saxophone vied with the noise of the storm outside ; then he returned to his seat , picked up his champagne glass and drained it . |
| 28 | Then he drew on his cigarette in an attempt to mask what Harry had already glimpsed : the shock of one who perceives a threat too late to evade it . |
| 29 | Then he spun on his heel and stalked off round the side of the cart . |
| 30 | Then he spun on his heel and left the chamber . |