Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I heard him call down from the attic for me to open the stairs door wide . |
| 2 | Then I heard him mutter to himself : ‘ Avare comme tous les juifs ’ . |
| 3 | no one , two , three , four , five , once I caught a fish alive , six , seven , eight , nine , ten , then I let him go again |
| 4 | As he tried to grab me , I feinted , slipped back to make him follow me , knowing he would think I was afraid , and then I let him have a classic straight left that hit him on the point of the jaw . |
| 5 | For the length of a heartbeat his tall figure remained stiff and unyielding , and then she heard him swear harshly under his breath , and felt his strong arms enfolding her trembling figure . |
| 6 | For a moment she thought he was going to slam the phone down , then she heard him give a deep sigh . |
| 7 | He listened in silence for what seemed a longer period than normal , then she heard him speak . |
| 8 | Then she heard him say in Spanish , ‘ You want to meet her again ? ’ |
| 9 | One huge hand was already placed in the small of her back , pinning her helplessly to the desk : then she felt him wind a thick hank of her blonde hair around his other fist , and jerk her head back . |
| 10 | And then she felt him move away and she lifted her head and saw that he was going towards the door . |
| 11 | Then she saw him look around quickly , but in all the wrong directions . |
| 12 | Then she saw him look across at her and smile , and all her uncertainties vanished like morning mist before the sun . |
| 13 | Then she saw him crouch down and examine something . |
| 14 | He remained like that for a few seconds longer , while they tied his wrists to a pair of iron rings bolted into the wall , and then they let him go and left him dangling there — half in , half out of the river . |