Example sentences of "then he [vb past] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said something in a very low voice , while gesturing at the bruiser with the wallet . |
| 2 | Then he took her into a long flat-roofed building like a small aircraft hangar . |
| 3 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 4 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 5 | Then he took it with a brief word of thanks . |
| 6 | Then he bundled them into a stolen car in their nightclothes . |
| 7 | Then he dumped her in a ditch beside the Denver to West Dereham road , just two miles from her home . |
| 8 | Then he invited me to a gypsy baptism which was to be held that night in the suburb of Vallecas . |
| 9 | Her hair had been pinned up , and he brought it tumbling down around her face as he raked his fingers through it , then he gripped it in a bunch at the back of her head so that he could more easily drag his mouth over her upturned lips in a kiss that sent spasms of unwanted desire shooting to the depths of her being . |
| 10 | ‘ Then he called him in a loud voice , and said to me , ‘ I think John Bunyan must be deaf . ’ |
| 11 | Erm yeah , Romeo and Juliet was not completely his idea , it came from a sort of long poem which he read about two lovers and then he turned it into a play . |
| 12 | And then he amended it with a feeble trace of his old Manner : ‘ I accept your offer . ’ |