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Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	And then me picking up the keys living here and taking it down the road !
2	Then I take back the paper .
3	I slowed down but even then I locked up the front wheel in one of the fast corners and I fell again .
4	Then I pass back the gun .
5	Then I filled up the brandy bottle with what I thought was water from a big brown bottle .
6	At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar .
7	Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’
8	Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure .
9	One man who 's going to stay upstairs has the head of the wardrobe , you go tro I go trotting downstairs you see , and then I climb up the ladder And the ladder remember is over the edge of the sill .
10	er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't
11	I stop at the drive-in bank then I drive out the highway to the lake to pick up my date .
12	And then I goes up the shute .
13	Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside .
14	Then I plucked up the courage to start moving around on my own and began walking down a path when the gentleman in grey asked people to stand aside , and I stepped well back .
15	Then I skipped down the entry ladder with indescribable relief .
16	Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me .
17	I pick up some of the papers that have escaped from their boxes , pages of unidentified figures that are meaningless in their isolation , and use them as a duster to clean the top of a solidly filled Quaker Oats box and make a chair for myself Then I open up the next nearest box , labelled Squeez-Ee Washing-up Liquid .
18	Then I picked up the Nescafe tin and prised the lid off .
19	Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was .
20	Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head .
21	Thus at my ease , I ate my tea and then I washed up the dirty crocks .
22	Then I turned out the light and settled at the window amidst the bottle-brush fronds of monkey-puzzle .
23	Then I climbed up the rope myself .
24	I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway .
25	Then someone peers out the little square panel , and finally some bolts are drawn back and a Rasta I never saw before beckons me inside .
26	‘ Jesus Christ , ’ I thought , ‘ to have marched all night , then someone blows up the kitchen ! ’
27	Then someone pointed out the inadequate access to the site through the maze of streets .
28	You can feel the brake and then you pick up the feel of the tyre and it starts moving a little bit .
29	You get mad , sometimes you cry , then you pick up the pieces and get on , because there 's always someone else who needs you . ’
30	What we have to say is , straight from Essex Police if that happens to you , get out , wherever possible on the passenger 's side of the vehicle and then go to your nearest box and then you pick up the receiver and get through the police control room and they will ask you a series of questions , have you broken down ?