Example sentences of "then he [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he woke up the next morning and threw up everywhere . |
| 2 | Then he made out the thousands of tiny rings that studded the ceiling . |
| 3 | Then he ran down the wooden stair , through the house , out to the lower lawn . |
| 4 | I said he 's my father and then he falls out the fucking bed when they put him in it because they admit negligence , they forgot to put the cot side up , dad has got lack of oxygen to his bra brain , he thought it was the Battle of Hastings going on but they said there was nobody there , well surely they must have known Joy he fell out the bloody bed because he 's laying like this and he 's falling and he 's falling and bang come out , he split all his bloody head open , do you know the blood was there from the night he fell out , he fell out at half past ten at night and they never informed us , which is against the law and the blood still sat there at quarter to four the following day , all over the floor , he 's got a bloody stitch in his head which they done to him while he were in the bed , and ripped three tubes out of his arm , split all his bloody arm open |
| 5 | Then he thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps , and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead ( 5 ) . |
| 6 | Then he searched out the little hard protruding button that was the energy of her sex , he stabbed at it with his tongue , felt her respond quickly , then urgently . |
| 7 | Then he came back the next day — I think it was the next day — and told us who 'd died . |
| 8 | Then he turned back the top sheet and blankets . |
| 9 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 10 | Then he picked up the internal phone and pressed a button . |
| 11 | Then he picked up the fainter smells of buttercups and horses . |