Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I waited at the barrier , the motley flesh around me all pulsing with welcome . |
| 2 | Then I looked at the cheerful cockney . |
| 3 | Then I looked at the rest of myself , and all the rest of me was a … |
| 4 | I half got up , then I looked at the hole he 'd gone down and at the paper in my hand . |
| 5 | Then I looked at the table . |
| 6 | Then I looked at the chassis and registration numbers and realised it was my old car . |
| 7 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 8 | But even then you remained at the beck and call of the organization . |
| 9 | And then she glanced at the window ; the darkness outside was complete . |
| 10 | Then she stared at the picture for a full minute . |
| 11 | She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg . |
| 12 | And then she looked at the empty stairway beside her . |
| 13 | Then she screamed at the children . |
| 14 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
| 15 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 16 | We lost touch for a couple of years and then we met at the Coventry Specimen Group Stag Night and found that each of us had conceded to an extent and were now using almost identical rods . |
| 17 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |
| 18 | Then it appeared at the end of the long straight leading into town . |
| 19 | and they 've done ever so well cos they did all Cos of course we had fine whether last week , they got everything done , and then it poured at the weekend but they were n't there , and now they 're back on site the weather 's cheered up again . |
| 20 | Then he looked at the linen she was holding across her arms , and she followed his gaze and said , as she motioned her hand towards the door , ‘ This … this is our house too . |
| 21 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 22 | Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself . |
| 23 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
| 24 | and then he looked at the man . |
| 25 | Then he looked at the jury , and said very loudly : ‘ Sarah did not buy the toothpaste . |
| 26 | Then he looked at the Earl . |
| 27 | and then he looked at the row of trolleys tangled in the front of the car . |
| 28 | parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything |
| 29 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 30 | Then he stared at the barrier of earth Heather had made along the hayfield side of the fire . |