Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] then [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , I do n't know what you 're playing at , but if you think you can foster some sort of … ideas because of what you read the other day in my notes then forget it . |
| 2 | He poked his way swiftly along my teeth then rapped out , " Five fillings and one extraction ! " |
| 3 | Take my pleasure then go home ? ’ |
| 4 | My eyes then focus directly between the top of the windscreen and the roof , and if I 'm at the front at traffic lights , I feel like Ayrton Senna would if you blindfolded him and put him on pole position . |
| 5 | It is my intention then to deliver them to you the following day , Friday 5 March , probably sometime before midday . |
| 6 | I took off my rings and jewellery and put them in my handbag then lowered myself over the cliff edge . |
| 7 | I had to run to the end of the course with a hoop on my head then put the ring on a pole , then on the way back I had to arrange the bean bags in the right colour hoops , then get in an old potato bag and jump to the middle of the course then I had to skip to the end . |
| 8 | My friend then provided a historical gloss of some of the Eschenbach 's predecessors at the Houston Symphony : ‘ Beecham [ who was Music Director 1954–55 ] was too old . |
| 9 | ‘ My father then received a letter from my Troop Officer telling him that I had managed to shoot down two Junker 52 's and helped to sink a landing craft ’ . |
| 10 | I had said morning Mass , gone across to the house to break my fast then went back to clear the altar . ’ |
| 11 | You 've bought two , well let's have a look at yours mate then excuse me |
| 12 | There was a pause and my daughter then said , ’ Daddy , does this mean you will be getting a car with electric windows ? ’ |
| 13 | My music then had an unfortunate break of nearly a year when I was eight years old ; we moved house . |
| 14 | He removed his arm from my waist , kissed my lips , brushed away a stray hair from my temple then stood up . |
| 15 | Hold my hand then come on hold mummy 's hand , there 's a good girl no you 've got to pull it bye . |
| 16 | He knocked my gun from my hand then pushed me up against the wall , pressing his own gun into my stomach . |
| 17 | ‘ Is not it my duty then to obey my lord 's wishes ? ’ |
| 18 | My master then turned to us . |
| 19 | The lease was for offices and a workshop which my client then occupied . |
| 20 | My family then left me alone with Eliot . |
| 21 | My partner then called out a number of articles and asked if they were the chosen one . |
| 22 | My mother then married my second , step , father quite early . |
| 23 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 24 | His head jerked up in her direction then went back to studying the ground . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , some of their riders then did them no favours whatsoever by steering for the rail and getting them penned in the pack . |
| 26 | Her foot then slipped through easily . |
| 27 | Taking care not to wake her sons , who were curled up together on their sleeping mats , she dressed and combed her hair then slipped out of the hut without looking at her husband . |
| 28 | He went and stood by the shower and watched Sophie in soft-focus shampooing her hair then turning her face to the showerhead . |
| 29 | She would touch her hair then fiddle with her hat and pretend to straighten her dress . |
| 30 | To counteract the effect of Lucenzo 's sensuality , she tucked her woolly scarf more firmly around her neck then dragged her pom-pom hat further over her reddening ears . |