Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I lay over a great slab of rock which warmed the water almost to bath-heat . |
| 2 | I took all of them , then I phoned up a couple of people I knew . |
| 3 | Then I picked up a pebble and flung it out to sea ; it rose straight up into the air and landed on the ground a few yards behind me . |
| 4 | Then I picked up a bit of naan bread and mopped up my curry sauce . |
| 5 | And then someone threw up a window on the second floor and demanded to know what the hell was going on . |
| 6 | Then you laid down a bed of branches . |
| 7 | You should , you , you 're advised not to jog on tarmac because the surface is hard and jars and so if you do a lot of it can you see and if , particularly if your joints are not equal to it , then you set up a lot of trouble . |
| 8 | Then you set up a review section which reduces books about famine and war to a star rating for entertainment . |
| 9 | then you go down a bit |
| 10 | And then you go in a bit further and you enter the Deptford estate and this is random , you can like go north south east or west |
| 11 | ‘ You do a row of liddle white lines , not too regular , then you back up a row of liddle grey lines next to ‘ em . |
| 12 | you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it |
| 13 | Then she tossed off a scornful laugh as she demanded haughtily , ‘ Why on earth should I be jealous of Doreen ? ’ |
| 14 | Then she wrote out a cheque in payment of the forgotten parking-ticket , put it in an envelope and went out . |
| 15 | But then she made out a very tiny-looking patch of light in the distance — then another , and another . |
| 16 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 17 | Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order . |
| 18 | Then she reached up a hand and stroked his hair gently . |
| 19 | Then she reached out a hand and took hold of her water-jug . |
| 20 | Then she reached out a hand to clasp one of hers . |
| 21 | Then she let out a cry that brought most of the searching Brownies back at top speed to the beech . |
| 22 | Then she let out a scream that seemed to lift her right up into the air and she dropped the plate with a crash and a splash onto the floor . |
| 23 | Jessica grabbed his bursting penis and almost pulled it into her , then threw her legs around him and her arms and crushed him until he gasped , still coming , and then she let out a mighty hoot , a hoot to wake hotel guests two corridors away , she had come as well , once , hard , like a violent convulsion . |
| 24 | Then she put on a white crash helmet , climbed into her kart and roared off at the Playscape circuit in Clapham , South London . |
| 25 | Then she picked up a pencil and quickly worked out the sum on a piece of paper . |
| 26 | Then she picked up a parcel lying next to her , and looked round to see if the driver was coming back . |
| 27 | Then she picked up a telephone and talked to Conway . |
| 28 | Then she switches on a dumb schoolgirl smile that would n't fool a grandma and she says , ‘ Hey , you dealing , man ? |
| 29 | And then we walked on a little bit further and there was big clumps of them everywhere they was . |
| 30 | Well that 's something to do with they 're working this Saturday and then they break up a bit earlier or something . |