Example sentences of "then he [vb past] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he began speaking again . |
| 2 | He said something aloud — something about a devil , I thought — and then he began striding away as if his life depended on it . |
| 3 | But then he kept going on about how brilliant your party was gon na be and everything and I 'm sat there thinking let's face it , if I come on between you know , because like , it would have been alright cos I 'd be finished like , today or tomorrow and then it would have been like nice and ready for the party ! |
| 4 | Then he came roaring back down the road in a cold fury . |
| 5 | Then he came crawling back … ’ |
| 6 | But then he started screwing around and I learned that deaf and dumb people are a bad-tempered lot — well , would n't you be ? — because they get so frustrated and I grew out of that one too . |
| 7 | And then I 'd I 'd had enough and then he started messing about and he started pushing the boxes down through my strapper then , course that messed the strapper up ! |
| 8 | But then he started scribbling away at A Year in Provence and the rest is history . |
| 9 | Then he tried smiling back at the serious-faced child , for this must surely be a tease . |