Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel went on , ‘ And then I saw her that night , remember ? |
| 2 | At first it was quite sweet and enjoyable , but then I found it sickly and thick . |
| 3 | And then you left us alone and we nearly died in the cold ! |
| 4 | ‘ Then she told me all her hopes and fears and about her First Experience — I 'll say no more than that — but she remembered it vividly . |
| 5 | She just felt it would help to establish some boundaries , and just then she felt they both needed space to get over the incident . |
| 6 | She told him that he had to be successful and then she made it impossible for him . |
| 7 | Then she brought them all strong black coffee . |
| 8 | Then she gave us some tea and toast . |
| 9 | Yes , and then she showed us some |
| 10 | But he could n't control it , for all his knowledge , and it would lift his hair into bristles so that he looked like Desperate Dan and she could n't help but laugh until his fragile ego wobbled and then he shouted and then she loved him more , more than when he was intact . |
| 11 | Then they attacked us one by one with electric sticks while our hands were handcuffed behind our backs . |
| 12 | Her 16-year-old brother was arrested and tortured ( they removed the skin from his face and the soles of his feet ) ; then they burnt him alive in the village square . |
| 13 | you see then they pulled them all down and built the ice rink there . |
| 14 | Then it took me four or five days to be able to walk with a stick . |
| 15 | West Indies have won only two of their last 14 matches , and then it took them six games in this season 's World Series Cup to win another . |
| 16 | Like they make a mistake , or I 'd better phone back , and then it cost them all that much money again , more money . |
| 17 | But then it cost them sixteen thousand did n't it ? |
| 18 | And then he left her alone , climbing the wooden stairs to what she would later learn were his own makeshift quarters on the floor above . |
| 19 | Then he made her another , as powerful as his own . |
| 20 | Meredith thought she detected a gentler tone creeping into his words , and felt comforted , but then he spoilt it all . |
| 21 | And then he told him clever , amusing stories about the women that he himself had loved . |
| 22 | Then he told them terrible stories of his wild and criminal life at sea . |
| 23 | And then he blew it all at the last minute with that interference . |
| 24 | Then he took them all to Mexico . |
| 25 | Then he took them both to Downing Street . |
| 26 | Then he hopped it quick . |
| 27 | Then he gave them another wave . |
| 28 | Then he gave me half a crown . |
| 29 | ‘ But then he gave me half an ounce on credit . |
| 30 | Then he invited them both through into his office . |