Example sentences of "then he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Then he wagged his plume-like tail to indicate approval ; so ‘ Sausage ’ he remained . |
| 3 | Then he asked his next question . |
| 4 | And then he battered his highest score of the tour , hitting 165 in the opening Test match . |
| 5 | Then he made her another , as powerful as his own . |
| 6 | After the 1979 season , Dave caddied for Michael King and Manuel Calero , then he made his first bid for the bag of Sandy Lyle . |
| 7 | Then he made his third three at the seventh , playing a nine-iron to four feet and holing the putt . |
| 8 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |
| 9 | For a moment she was rigid but then he felt her whole body suddenly relax . |
| 10 | Meredith thought she detected a gentler tone creeping into his words , and felt comforted , but then he spoilt it all . |
| 11 | And then he told him clever , amusing stories about the women that he himself had loved . |
| 12 | Then he told them terrible stories of his wild and criminal life at sea . |
| 13 | Then he saw her swollen , cut face . |
| 14 | He watched her mouth fall open , then he saw her upper lip twitch and her eyelids flutter ; then she muttered , ‘ No ! no ! you ca n't do it . ’ |
| 15 | Then he saw his old friend Jekyll in bed , while the same faceless figure stood over him . |
| 16 | Then he saw my yellow hands . |
| 17 | Then he filled his cheap vacuum flask and took it back to the car where it completed a meal of dry crusty bread and cheese . |
| 18 | Then he rubbed his sweating face and said huskily , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 19 | He made a tremendous effort to bring himself back into reality ; his hands shook and he swallowed twice as he tried to speak ; then he passed his right hand , still clutching the telegram , through his dark hair . |
| 20 | Then he passed his free hand over his eyes . |
| 21 | And then he blew it all at the last minute with that interference . |
| 22 | And then he said something facetious , and she stepped away from him . |
| 23 | Then he took them all to Mexico . |
| 24 | Then he took them both to Downing Street . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure I would , ’ he said , and she felt almost overcome by a tide of relief because it was all right , at last he understood … and then he took his two hands away from hers on the table , and his smile and his entire attitude dropped away like a paper mask . |
| 26 | Then he spends it all at Robinson 's store on drink , tinned meat , powdered milk and so on . |
| 27 | Then he hopped it quick . |
| 28 | Then he announces its official abandonment . |
| 29 | Then he revealed his secret desire : ‘ I want to be your sister . ’ |
| 30 | Then he lifted something small and wet ; a pale , tiny sac attached by tubes and tendons to the rest . |