Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [conj] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armed with walkie-talkies so we could trail her progress at a distance , we waited until noon when she nervously approached and then eagerly ate all her dinner , with the added sedatives . |
| 2 | The one , two , three and then four hours since she had acknowledged her love for Ven alternately dawdled and then flew for Fabia . |
| 3 | ‘ They just laughed and then carved the swastika in my face , ’ she said . |
| 4 | ‘ David played it at a soundcheck and when I asked him if it was about Shaun he just smiled and then denied it . |
| 5 | She always knocked and then walked in without waiting for a response . |
| 6 | ’ He gave a sob , ‘ and she went rattling down the stairs to her room the way she always did and then I heard that awful sort of slither and Bunty 's scream … ’ |
| 7 | He showed me the location of Bentwaters in the old AA Book of the Road I always carried and then bought the two ounces of Red from me at four times what I 'd agreed to pay for it . |
| 8 | And then another lunch was estimated at two hundred and eighty and forty-five came , and it kept swinging like that all week and they never knew what the hell was going to happen so they got really aggravated and then we had , you know , some of the kids , the Ban-the-Bezier group were wandering around with their face masks and their Type ninety bags over their heads and were saying crude things over a megaphone in Tom Quad , right and then these bowler hatted policemen , whoever they are , were patiently explaining to a number of girls who were sunbathing on the lawn that this was n't done quite that way here . |
| 9 | be switched off and then rewound and then go in a |
| 10 | She almost succumbed but then common sense came to her aid . |
| 11 | He almost flinched and then a sardonic smile twisted his lips . |
| 12 | Matt was lying on the couch and then went and then I went over and sat on the couch and then Matt tried sa Matt erm pretended he was up to him and started |
| 13 | Three days later the same subjects again fasted and then are a standard meal of rice cake made of 1000 g rice flour , one egg , butter ( 7 g ) , and baking powder ( 5 g ) . |