Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [conj] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's like some boys done in my school and they got caught and then they were n't allowed to go to the disco . |
| 2 | He guessed his Mum would phone when she got to work and then maybe again when she took her break at half-three . |
| 3 | For these deaths we tried to identify and then interview the people who could tell us most about the last twelve months of the lives of the people who died . |
| 4 | Detective-Sergeant McWhirter rose to leave and then paused . |
| 5 | It could well be that I have prejudices about what makes a decent DTP system , but I tried to outline and then to justify them as part of the review . |
| 6 | Our 1978 data detected four subjects who seemed to acquire and then lose H pylori antibodies . |
| 7 | Because there 's always been an opport , I mean even if your sort of poor , there 's always the opportunity , I mean I learnt to drive and then the driving instructor erm , lived next door to my mother saying , it , at the time it should of been three pound and erm , he let us have it for two pound |
| 8 | ‘ Tomorrow will be happier , ’ he 'd whispered and then , lowering his mouth to hers , he had kissed her once more before turning away and leaving her . |
| 9 | Her parents , who lived overseas , came to visit and then stay . |
| 10 | A riot of other emotions raged through Fabia then , eventually ousted by shock that he could do what he 'd done , say what he 'd said and then — calmly leave ! |
| 11 | We deserved to lead but then we sat back . ’ |
| 12 | I put it in a basket whatever I 'd got and then dress it with a ‘ blower ’ or dressing machine ( if I could borrow one ) . |
| 13 | It came to rest and then there was nothing else moving in the intense heat of the late morning Egyptian sun . |
| 14 | Well I think , she said she was going down the shops , so I said ah can you just wait just a sec , I 'll go and get my wallet and I 'll be down she said not to worry she 'd got money anyway whe when I got there she bumped to Maggi and then you 'd gone and then |
| 15 | Jed waited until she 'd left and then he said , ‘ Not even her . ’ |
| 16 | To the perfect , shifting sands where they planned to sunbathe and then camp overnight . |
| 17 | girls they go shopping like but they always got another carrier did n't they until they got sold and then when er they 're on the next road from their house like take the carrier and it 's all for her . |
| 18 | He turned to leave but then swivelled back once more . |
| 19 | When John Thelwall , a well-known democrat and agitator , who had recently been on trial for treason , happened to call and then decided to stay for some time , the strange community fell under suspicion . |
| 20 | Gold , scarlet and blazing flame I had seen before , but never like this , washing over the low clouds from below , and backed by the most delicate and limpid green which faded to primrose and then into the shadowy greys of the upper sky . |
| 21 | He began to sob and then shudder under the weight of his grief . |
| 22 | I stuck it till my teeth began to scream and then I ducked out of the line-up and no one noticed I 'd gone . |
| 23 | As I approached she began to smile but then stopped and screamed ‘ How can you f … ing live with yourself ? ’ and stormed off . |
| 24 | Soon after Morro Chico the plains began to undulate and then , in the distance , we spied the mountains , the southern Andes . |
| 25 | He marked young leaves as they began to expand and then followed their fate by repeated observation . |
| 26 | ‘ Her eyes began to roll and then the pupils disappeared upward , ’ he later told his superiors . |
| 27 | Rumoured appearances from The Breeders and Mick Jones failed to materialise but then you ca n't have everything . |
| 28 | Rumoured appearances from The Breeders and Mick Jones failed to materialise but then you ca n't have everything . |
| 29 | ‘ At the time ( of his death ) I said this is not totally unexpected , but I started reflecting and then had to wonder : ‘ Is this natural ’ ? ’ he said . |
| 30 | I started painting and then I went to be rivet hotter . |