Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slowed down but even then I locked up the front wheel in one of the fast corners and I fell again . |
| 2 | Then I filled up the brandy bottle with what I thought was water from a big brown bottle . |
| 3 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 4 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 5 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then I skipped down the entry ladder with indescribable relief . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then I picked up the Nescafe tin and prised the lid off . |
| 12 | Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was . |
| 13 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 14 | Thus at my ease , I ate my tea and then I washed up the dirty crocks . |
| 15 | Then I turned out the light and settled at the window amidst the bottle-brush fronds of monkey-puzzle . |
| 16 | Then I climbed up the rope myself . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Then someone pointed out the inadequate access to the site through the maze of streets . |
| 19 | Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind . |
| 20 | Then she went down the branch line to Port Penrhyn . |
| 21 | Then she ran down the post to the ground below . |
| 22 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |
| 23 | Then she folded back the top of the shift . |
| 24 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 25 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |
| 26 | Then she switched on the indicator . |
| 27 | Then she let out the breath and sagged against the desk . |
| 28 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 29 | Then she put down the hairbrush and inspected her countenance . |
| 30 | She stared uneasily at the envelope , at the black , firm hand , at the French stamp , and then she put out the light and went to bed . |