Example sentences of "[adv] then [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet it may still be true that he came within minutes of Jerome 's flight , found the man only stunned , stooped close and knew him , for then knowing was possible , and killed him , and only then took thought how to escape suspicion , and came running into the town , to me . ’ |
| 2 | She shrugged her shoulders , popped it back in , won the fight as well as the following three contests to take the title — and only then told Dr Ken Kingsbury , the English team doctor , of her injury . |
| 3 | He got Georgiades to bring his men to the Bab es Zuweyla and only then told Georgiades what he had in mind . |
| 4 | Pons agreed that Jones originally argued with the theoretical aspects of their proposal but later became convinced by them and only then offered cooperation . |
| 5 | Only then did Myeloski open up to Duncan . |
| 6 | Only then did Jane see the flag . |
| 7 | Only then did Constance realise how little she actually knew . |
| 8 | Only then did Folly realise that she had left her purse behind . |
| 9 | Only then did Parliament proceed to the enactment of the legislation which , in the eyes of British ( although not Irish ) constitutional law , established the Irish Free State ( the Irish Free State ( Agreement ) Act , incorporating the December agreement into United Kingdom law , the Irish Free State ( Constitution ) Act and the Irish Free State ( Consequential Provisions ) Act , all 1922 ) , and preserved the union in relation to Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | Only then did Fabia realise how much she had missed the dogs at home , and ‘ Hello , darling , ’ she crooned — and for her trouble had the dog whip round her and grip her ankle in its teeth . |
| 11 | But as feelings of guilt suddenly swamped her , only then did Fabia appreciate how much she had been herself with Ven . |
| 12 | Only then did Benny realize how little was actually visible from that window , for in addition to the thousands of ten-gallon drums directly below , there were also large house-sized tanks like mini-gasometers on the far side of the docks . |
| 13 | Only then did Lucinda glance to her right . |
| 14 | Only then did Francis notice the shadowy , shimmering figure between the two duellists . |
| 15 | Only then did Leon approach the subject closest to his heart . |
| 16 | Only then did Stevie hand the putter back to Patrick . |
| 17 | And within three minutes they were out of the house and into the car , and only then did Henry ask , ‘ What 's it all about ? ’ |
| 18 | Only then did Moma Parsheen say to Jaq , ‘ I sent the message anyway . ’ |
| 19 | Only then did Chesarynth realize that he 'd started , so wrapped up in her anxiety was she . |
| 20 | Only then did party members begin to identify with one or other wing — and it was a minority of non-party workers who could differentiate at all between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks . |
| 21 | Only then did Bobo step fully into the room , and-allow his followers after him . |
| 22 | ‘ Dëkuji , ’ she remembered her Czechoslovakian thank-you , and smiled at the waiter — and just then caught Ven 's eyes on her . |
| 23 | We better go home then said Bill but we shall come back here again . |
| 24 | 1887 saw the bankruptcy of Charles Ford , who presumably then owned Millbottom , the new owner being Edward Benjamin . |
| 25 | ‘ For his sake , I hope you 're right , ’ Graham said softly then followed Laidlaw down the hallway and out into the night . |