Example sentences of "then he [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keef always laughs at that , an' then 'e wheezes a bit an' , like gasps for breath an' falls over . |
| 2 | Then he left the room and went to find the nurse who had been the unworthy recipient of his evil temper . |
| 3 | He hovered a moment in complete contempt for the law of gravity and then he left the cell . |
| 4 | And then he left the conference with the closing statement : ‘ There 's nothing at all in what I 've said to suggest there is anything improper . ’ |
| 5 | He slipped it around Connelly 's chin and tugged it tight across his mouth , gagging him , then he dragged the agent upright . |
| 6 | Surprised into consciousness , alone in the black hemisphere , he cries until he laughs ; then he uses the chamberpot that Rosa readied , and goes back to sleep quickly , despite the pain . |
| 7 | Then he counted the rest of the money in the box and frowned . |
| 8 | He waited for an answer , then he whispered the words of forgiveness . |
| 9 | Then he locked the door and kept the key himself . |
| 10 | Wycliffe opened the door , waited for her to switch out the lights and pass through , then he locked the door and pocketed the keys . |
| 11 | Then he locked the suite door and stumbled back to bed , listening to his drugged head whine like the empty telephone line . |
| 12 | He balked slightly at that , then he tucked the tenners down his gauntlet and handed it over . |
| 13 | He looked one way , then he looked the other . |
| 14 | Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky . |
| 15 | Then he sniffed the air , took his brother 's arm , and allowed himself to be led away . |
| 16 | Then he landed the role of Sparky in John Arden 's Sergeant Musgrave 's Dance ( produced in London seven years previously in 1959 ) for Peter Cook 's company at the Theater-de-Lys in Christopher Street , Greenwich Village . |
| 17 | Then he met a man who had a goose for sale . |
| 18 | And then he kissed the rose petals , wiped the dew from her lips . |
| 19 | ‘ He had been making promises earlier in the week and then he rejected the idea yesterday . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Then he circled the building and crossed over to the big house . |
| 21 | A brief pause followed , then he asked a question . |
| 22 | Then he crossed the corridor to the murder room . |
| 23 | Then he crossed the street in front of the National Gallery , glancing up at the massive edifice of the building in the process . |
| 24 | ‘ She looks all right , ’ he said grudgingly , then he crossed the gangplank for a closer look . |
| 25 | Then he crossed the room and switched off the light . |
| 26 | Then he crossed the room to collar a departing guest for some last words and they went out of the front door together . |
| 27 | Then he heaved the stone out into the water and turned away , hearing the dull splash sound behind him . |
| 28 | Then he made a sign to Sikes to tell Nancy to leave the room . |
| 29 | Then he made a question mark away to the right on the same line . |
| 30 | It looks as if there was an opinion on high to leave Galileo alone , but then he made a mistake . |