Example sentences of "[pers pn] then [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no tourists , and my air of demure solitariness must have been conspicuous , for I attracted the attention of a man whom I then thought of as middle-aged , and who was of distinctly raffish appearance . |
| 2 | I then thought of running up to the local police station , but I was worried that a train might have come . ’ |
| 3 | I then quoted to him a remarkable analysis of how drivers must use their minds . |
| 4 | I then looked at the section of the report headed ’ Economic Impact ’ where there was nothing at all about the damage to the coal industry . |
| 5 | So anyway I then looked at . |
| 6 | I then looked through the sight ( of his weapon ) and fired three aimed shots . |
| 7 | I think the process that I 've just explained would allow that anyway , because what I would do , if I just go back over it again , supposing for argument 's sake by the end of February we 've agreed which one we think it 's going to be , we then I then go to the home . |
| 8 | This , however , caused me untold problems , as I then had to ‘ answer ’ to the officer and see a tutor at the nursing school to explain the reason for such criticism . |
| 9 | I then got into a tracksuit , donned a newish pair of expensive running-shoes , and set off towards Wimbledon Common . |
| 10 | I do n't know whether , people thought that erm if they interfered with me I would n't er I would n't play or what it was but then , anyway erm when the war ended , as I say I got a bit erm worried and erm I then got in touch with er Mr who was then er , then taken over from Sir Cecil Clerk of the Council or Chief Executive and erm , he suggested that erm I might take a course for the erm Home Workers Diploma For The Blind which erm was , well it was a sort of specialized er social worker really . |
| 11 | I then waited until midnight in a tiny village where the local people plied me with beer and chickens until I could barely move . |
| 12 | Once I had written these letters , I then applied to the Department that was officially responsible for serving the Diplomatic Corps . |
| 13 | I think he had a little bit of ill health and my immediate superior took over as Traffic Superintendent and he was there throughout the war and when I came out he was my boss and er you see and er and then in nineteen forty eight was made Transport Manager , because as you say we had to split from Electric Supply and he carried on until erm nineteen seventy two and erm , we had government reorganization and erm they did away with people like the Town Clerk and Transport Manager and erm erm was retired , early retirement , the same as the Town Clerk and erm they brought in a General Manager from away and brought in more staff with him and that was came in and er so I then applied for the position , which was going , there was , there was Traffic Superintendent was going er Chief Administration Officer , Chief Engineer and erm er Bodywork Maintenance Superintendent . |
| 14 | I then stared at Mandeville and Southgate . |
| 15 | Christopher and I then returned to the fringes of power , having for a time been drawn perilously close to the centre . ’ |
| 16 | I then returned to the little inn where I had ordered dinner to be ready at an hour early enough to allow me to walk back to Ballachulish in time for the calling of the steamboat on its Fort William route . |
| 17 | I then proceeded by recording a keystroke macro — that is I used the Record option on the Macros section of the Tools menu , typed in the filename BLOCKCNT into the dialog box that appeared and ran through steps needed to perform the task while the macro recorder was on . |
| 18 | I then circled over Thacker until he was picked up . ’ |
| 19 | I then played on ‘ The Fox ’ , which was one of his least successful albums ! |
| 20 | For practical , as well as aesthetical reasons , it is unlikely that the aquarium will be filled with mud and sand , so a variety of suitable hiding places should be provided , I tend to prefer piping ( pond hosing is ideal and comes in a range of bores ) , which I then cover in rocks and Curiowood . |
| 21 | When I rejoined the conversation you were talking about your ‘ strikers ’ and your ‘ defenders ’ , by which I for a moment thought you meant the miners and their supporters , but which I then understood to be part of an extended football metaphor and to refer respectively to your Policy Unit and your Private Office . |
| 22 | I then went to an ITV studio to talk by satellite to my coach Ron Roddan in London . |
| 23 | I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB . |
| 24 | ‘ I then went to various museums and institutes . |
| 25 | So I did my O levels and my A levels and I then went to the London Hospital , which is in Whitechapel , from the age of eighteen until I was twenty three . |
| 26 | I then went to Coventry Belgrade for six months , where I did everything from Malcolm in Macbeth to the play Charlie 's Aunt . |
| 27 | After going through the conductor 's course I then went to Leith depot , old Leith depot er of the , with the tramcars . |
| 28 | ‘ I then went on holiday by myself . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I then wrote to Gwen , inviting myself to stay for a few weeks . |
| 30 | I then burrowed into the cockpit to wrench the gear from its housing but in so doing I became unplugged and did not hear the pilot shouting that we were about to ditch . ’ |