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Example sentences of "[conj] then [art] great " in BNC.

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1	And then a great lurch and pit-pat pit-pat pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat , racing until she wanted to hold it , rein it in , for this was surely worse , this would overtax the heart muscles , until it fell , exhausted , this was a race to death .
2	George felt rather than saw the swing of the camera that was aiming over his own left shoulder at Gerrard , felt it move backward , and then a great surge of apprehension came up into his chest , drying his mouth and clogging his throat .
3	Wonder why — and then a great green carpet of lawn , and shrubs and trees , and , way beyond them , the far hills .
4	And then a great wave breaks over me and I emerge into full consciousness .
5	He lowered the gun and got control of himself , then raised it again , but the laughter returned : a grimace , a flutter , and then a great stream of bubbles inside , floating up , jouncing his chest , until tears blurred the figures in the scope .
6	And then a great scientist , Rassilon , led the people into the scientific age .
7	The lake was fringed with a shore of sandy pebbles and then a great curve of grass swept up to the terrace of thr house .
8	And then the great leader must have a domineering personality .
9	He had expected to be the deliverer of the news and then the great consoler , but Mrs Hogan was making light of it .
10	And then the great day itself — June Two Two , as they called it — it was as if the excitement could no longer be contained .
11	‘ And then the Great Vale , with the Great River , which we must follow north to Talisker . ’
12	So a bedroom here , another bedroom here and then the great chamber , the most important bedroom .
13	But then a great thing happened .
14	But then a great metal-rimmed cart came crashing by , the people behind Cranston began to mutter and moan , so the coroner nodded at his companion that they should continue on their way .