Example sentences of "then did " in BNC.

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1 Only then did he return to the newspaper .
2 Only then did she let herself watch the clock to the strains of Beethoven 's Apassionata .
3 Why then did they seal off an area of Tottenham more than one mile across ?
4 He reluctantly agreed to write the essay and then did not .
5 How then did this apolitical , academic subject come to play such an important part in the development of Marxism ?
6 How then did occasional individual violence give way to the regular and organized group aggression of the ‘ ends ’ witnessed since the 1960s ?
7 He then did a double-take at the sight of Catherine Crane , who had been the object of the most careful attention from everyone else in the room from the minute she had arrived .
8 As soon as he realised his mistake he tried to go into reverse , but once America sent troops to Saudi Arabia the dictator was trapped : only then did he make Kuwait the 19th province and drop all talk of withdrawing .
9 The new plants on the continent then did a better productivity job , and that was that .
10 How then did such a story as that of Joshua 6 originate ?
11 We then did n't have enough materials for the wall so we had to shorten its length , which in turn meant there was not enough room for media vehicles and not enough space for VIPs to manoeuvre their cars in , and that meant altering security arrangements .
12 Only then did everyone turn and pay attention to the boy and the window behind them .
13 To his dismay , she wept and only then did he hear of the plan with which she had gone to Mrs Browning .
14 Why then did Airdrie go to Easter Road ?
15 Only then did we begin to fear the worst .
16 Only then did he see the thin figure of Louis leaning against the saloon bulkhead .
17 Only then did he dare look back over his shoulder .
18 Only then did he look back at Mariana .
19 Only then did he look out across the land .
20 But then did you ever really see your own sister objectively ?
21 For the rest , the bailiff pretended to consult him , then did as he thought best .
22 The economic separation itself then did profound damage to the world payments and trade systems .
23 Only then did it strike me that there was indeed a role that a further staff member could crucially play here ; that it was , in fact , this very shortage that had been at the heart of all my recent troubles .
24 Only then did it occur to me that , of course , my witticism would not be easily appreciated by someone who was not aware that it was gypsies who had passed by .
25 He hesitated , then did the same and withdrew into a corner .
26 Only then did they discover what had been wrong with Edna Popple from 31 St George 's Road , Solihull , Birmingham .
27 I then did a series of films with Robert de Vicenzo , big money in those days , which convinced me at the time that Roberto would win the 1967 Open .
28 Only then did he stand with his back to the fireplace and look about the room .
29 And on this she turned away ; and Agnes got to her feet and not until then did she realise how tired and even sick she was feeling .
30 They called at the station car park and they then did a circular of Alresford , raising around £62 .
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