Example sentences of "then she [vb past] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Then she heard the typewriter bell again .
2 Then she took the willow twig , laid it across the bull 's withers and secured it in place with a rope tied firmly beneath the soft folds of flesh on the underside of the neck .
3 Then she noticed the walking stick jammed up against the wall between the table and the chair , exactly as though he wanted to hide it or disown it .
4 Then she opened the bread drawer of the dresser , took out the bread knife and the oval basket of plaited straw with its red check cotton lining .
5 Then she opened the bedroom door and crept down through the dark , silent house .
6 Then she pulled the biscuit tin towards her across the table , yanked off the lid .
7 Then she shoved the sketch pad back into the bag .
8 ‘ You tell me , ’ she said from outside , and then she hit the corridor fire alarm .
9 Then she put the apple pie into the range oven and slammed the door so hard that coals fell into the grate .
10 Then she remembered the water problem .
11 Then she remembered the axis lock crystal .
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