Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then I return to the knifeblade , flexing gently under my weight as I try to shift my centre of gravity as far as possible over my feet to protect the belay . |
| 2 | I put back so and then I put against the fence . |
| 3 | Then I attend to the words I have uttered , and , in so doing , I put myself , as a thinker , outside what I have said , and perhaps prepare to say something further , such as ‘ to cash a cheque ’ . |
| 4 | Then I turn to the ( in large measure postmodern ) avant-garde of the 1920s and examine how surrealism worked through the opposition between an image-centred culture , associated with the unconscious , and a formalist , word-centred culture , associated with the conscious mind . |
| 5 | Then I turn on the grill to warm the place up . |
| 6 | And I said then I go to the surgery I said and I do n't go in the lounge do I ? |
| 7 | Yes , but if if we take the dog with us go up the heath and then I go to the hairdressers erm you do n't need a haircut anyway do you ? |
| 8 | So it should be like , your close friends and family in the middle , Bob , who 's my brother , he said he 'd give me an appointment when I come back , I 'll ring him , and then I go to the outer circle for the rest of that phone session . |
| 9 | He just ca n't put it forward , so you have to get a book and do it yourself , and then I ask for the syllabus so I can make sure |
| 10 | Our police are so busy trying to catch the culprits , but then I read in the Press last week of a young man causing £60,000 of damage by graffiti and getting off free because it would be a waste of public money to put him on probation . |
| 11 | Then I look in the mirror and think : ‘ You 're not Miss World , kiddo ’ , and I thank God that someone did n't determine that my appearance did n't come up to scratch . |
| 12 | I suck the blood up , then I roll in the wrapped up monster all the way to the bottom , squash the half-full binbag back on top , tilt the bin back to its upright position , next to the bin with ordinary rubbish in , and replace the lid . |
| 13 | Then I play with the baby and we might go out for a walk or go and see friends — that sort of thing . |
| 14 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |
| 15 | I wait till her room 's quiet , then I tap on the door and go in . |
| 16 | And if that is so , then I revert to the considerations already stated which as a matter of construction make me think that it did so legislate . |
| 17 | Oh they bag something terrible but then I say at the price I 'm not gon na buy them , I 'm not , but in the Dodger 's there 's not one small in any colour |
| 18 | But then I arrive outside the house . |
| 19 | What 's going on all around you so then you concentrate on the ball again . |
| 20 | ag again that 's why I do n't want you to be heavy cos I do n't want say to say oh you know you 've brought us you know , fifteen pages and we worked our way through it and then you know at the end of the day we do all of it , yeah |
| 21 | And then you get into the situations apparently where erm people decide after they 've had sex |
| 22 | You , you , you build this up , now , and then you get to the point where you 're going to say to yourself , well , do we have to do anything about it ? |
| 23 | When it 's your child you 've watched fight for her life and then you get to the stage where she 's reached one . |
| 24 | Now on Green , now we go , we 've come along from the top of Street right along Road , the toy shop then you get to the Kings Arms and on the other side of the road there was another pub and I ca n't remember the name of it , then there was the fish shop and then the Liberal Club then the pork butchers you 'd think they were all full of meat . |
| 25 | I mean they should be in the ruddy kitchen I suppose , but then you get to the stage where it 's |
| 26 | It 's like when you piss and it 's really bad , it 's really bad and then you get to the toilet and it 's that 's why I like that bit in , have you seen A League of Their Own ? |
| 27 | and then you get in the morning |
| 28 | Then you hide in the bushes . |
| 29 | Then when you 've all found a good combination , you do it for a while , then you turn on the tape machine … |
| 30 | You think it ca n't be as bad as all that , and then you turn on the radio and it is . |