Example sentences of "then he [vb past] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he took it with a brief word of thanks . |
| 2 | For a long time he held the photograph , fingering it gently , careful not to mark it , and then he pinned it to the cork-board on the wall . |
| 3 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 4 | Then he hurled it off the roof as far as he could , shouting at the top of his voice a threat to all evil spirits : warning them that tonight was the night they must leave the village for good . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then he put it in the bag and wrapped the blanket round the bottle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And then he amended it with a feeble trace of his old Manner : ‘ I accept your offer . ’ |