Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [conj] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waltzed and pirouetted and then , to my horror , he lost his footing . |
| 2 | The ferrymaster was absent across the Forth so Corbett told his escort to rest ; they opened their provisions , ate and drank and then lay on the sand-strewn grass , enjoying the warm noon sun and listening to the birds overhead and the constant chatter of the bees and crickets . |
| 3 | The gods came : they ate and danced and then left contented . |
| 4 | This way and that it rippled and shivered and then was still , a great sea . |
| 5 | Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ? |
| 6 | She 'd lived and learned and lived and learned but then |
| 7 | You will see where he lived and worked and then we will discuss the future , ’ Marguerite said with a finality that left Jenna astonished . |
| 8 | Every rifle was stripped , cleaned , greased , checked and then checked again , every bullet placed carefully into its magazine , every Lewis gun tested , oiled and re-tested and then the men finally shaved before they faced the enemy . |
| 9 | He went across and stroked the nape of her neck , and she sniffed and stiffened and then relaxed . |
| 10 | Everyone laughed and clapped and then Oliver used a whole heap of long words and each time he used one we all whooped . |
| 11 | She could n't turn it at first ; she fumbled and wrenched and then made herself try again , without forcing . |
| 12 | An apple tree heeds to be sown , weeded , grafted and pruned and then only after a number of years will it bear fruit . |
| 13 | His little feet twitched and kicked and then were still . |
| 14 | Robyn rose early to skies that promised a truly blissful day of warm summer sunshine , showered and dressed and then drove off in her dilapidated jeep which was packed to the gunwales with everything she might possibly need for the day ahead . |