Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 2 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 3 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 4 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 5 | Then I went for a walk with Mr Sargent . ’ |
| 6 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
| 7 | I listened at length to her story , then I talked for a moment about the unshakeable fact of the resurrection , about the city where God will wipe away every tear . |
| 8 | Then I worked for the BBC — my favourite charity , really . |
| 9 | Erm and then you went for a whole month which was , you could do something in that time . |
| 10 | Then she went for a walk . |
| 11 | Then she thought for a moment . |
| 12 | Then we went for a walk out in the garden . |
| 13 | And then we paid for a winter clean . |
| 14 | If I did manage to get the rubber disc in now , but then he arrived an hour or two late , and then we went out for a romantic candle-lit dinner , and then we chatted for a while … the spermicide would have decided to cease hostilities at just about the time I needed it to be at its most fierce . |
| 15 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 16 | Then they left for the 13-mile drive to their luxurious home at Corston , near Bath . |
| 17 | ‘ They sent two of our men off — and then they played for an extra ten minutes so that they had a chance to equalise . ’ |
| 18 | Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing . |
| 19 | Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing . |
| 20 | Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing . |
| 21 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 23 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 24 | And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother . |
| 25 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 26 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
| 27 | Then he paused for a moment . |
| 28 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
| 29 | Then he felt for the pain in his neck . |
| 30 | Then he reached for the brandy and tipped a measure into his own cup before offering to do the same with Shiona 's . |