Example sentences of "then he [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he dragged in the two devil dogs and left them guarding the door so Mr Mounsa could n't leave , Liverpool Crown Court was told . |
| 2 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
| 3 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 4 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 5 | Then he walked around the little living-room , cradling the mug in his hands , and thinking . |
| 6 | Then he saw from the sudden anxiety on the parson 's face that this too might be misunderstood . |
| 7 | The Don/R spread his legs so he was holding the bike up , then he rapped on the back door of the Transit with a gauntleted hand . |
| 8 | Then he said to the young woman , with a smile , ‘ Why do n't you come with me , my dear ? |
| 9 | At first Wexford felt a curious distaste and then he thought about the dead man and what he knew of him . |
| 10 | Then he advanced on the reckless fellow . |
| 11 | Those light eyes rested on her as if he was making a mental sketch of her face ; then he glanced at the slim gold watch on his wrist . |
| 12 | Then he glanced at the fat woman carrying the naked-heeler . |
| 13 | And then he was supposed to meet her there he he went there and she was n't there and then he went to the Red Lion and she was |
| 14 | ‘ A word about your weapons , gentlemen , ’ he smarmed , then he went for the quick draw and levelled a long-barrelled pistol at all of us . |
| 15 | Then he loped up the eastern side of the dell and the sound of firing moved away with him . |
| 16 | Then he moved to the exclusive St James Club as restaurant manager , serving the likes of Lionel Ritchie , Duran Duran , Elizabeth Taylor , Robert Wagner and Jean-Claude van Damme , of Kickboxer film fame . |
| 17 | The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn . |
| 18 | Those companies were acquired by the Wedgwood Group in 1972 and Roy was transferred to Johnson Brothers , firstly in quality control at the Hanley factory , later on yield improvement at Alexandra and then he moved to the Imperial factory . |
| 19 | Then he bowed to the other lady . |
| 20 | Then he waded through the banked snow to the foot of the wall . |
| 21 | Then he charged to the other end to anticipate a precise through ball from McMahon and reach it just before the advancing Lukic and flick it into the empty net . |
| 22 | Then he resumed in the same imperious tone . |
| 23 | Then he ventured into the middle kitchen where most of the food was kept . |
| 24 | Then he spoke to the four . |
| 25 | Then he spoke to the young woman again . |
| 26 | Then he turned through the locked and silent City and towards the Strand , where the air first begins to feel damp , blowing up the side streets with the dawn wind off the river . |
| 27 | and erm , they were absolutely chocker , they were really full and he said erm , I sa , he said he had n't had to fill them up at all in all the time that it 's been running , and no , I asked him if he had any enquiries and nobody stopped him and asked anything about it , and then he turned to the other lad who was beside him the sales assistant and he said no I 've had no enquiries at all , so that was it . |
| 28 | Then he turned to the other children and clapped his hands once more . |
| 29 | Then he turned to the big original of the man Maxim remembered from the Abbey . |
| 30 | Then he worked for the British . ’ |