Example sentences of "[coord] then the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a moment of silence , and then the old lady , her tone returning to normal , looked at Grace as she said , ‘ Now , Grace , when the meal is over and there 's all this tosh about the ladies rising so the men can enjoy their port and cigars , here 's one who is staying behind because I 'm dying for a cigarette . |
| 2 | All the time yes , apart from say about six weeks , used to come in in the winter to repair the do maintenance on the dredger and then the old harbourmaster would say right , we should have been here for six weeks , he come after a month , he 'd say , paint the cover the rust up he said and bugger off out again . |
| 3 | And then the old keeper used to come round and see that we were all right and they 'd be there till the following day and carry on for about three or four weeks you see . |
| 4 | And then the old keeper , he was quicker than I am , because I was l erm because he was used to the job do you see . |
| 5 | And then plenty of straw and everything and put the old vixen in and the cubs and some food for and then the old erm the old er erm what did they used to call it ? |
| 6 | And then the old man might be in the back yard somewhere and he could here that the bell going . |
| 7 | It is true that the Whigs did their best to exploit the Jacobite " bogey " , and their demands for an oath requiring peers , MPs and office-holders to abjure allegiance to James II and then the Old Pretender caused some embarrassment to those Tories who had only been prepared to recognise William as de facto King . |
| 8 | Mathilde and Jacob embraced in the manner of old friends and then the older woman held Katherine at arm 's length and scrutinized her . |
| 9 | they take books out once or twice and then the older members do n't take 'em out |
| 10 | At one point we read Pip 's story and what actually happens to him that day and then the older Pip reflects on the younger Pip 's actions . |
| 11 | But then the old fool should have been a little less unwashed and boring . |
| 12 | But then the older men in the crowd persuaded them to move along . |