Example sentences of "then he [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drank my drink because I said something about all the money he was always flashing around and then he made a dirty crack about … |
| 2 | And then he made a troubled face . |
| 3 | Then he made a big concession . |
| 4 | First he went to St Andrew 's in Scotland , then to Rome ; then he engaged in regular trading between England and Scotland for a while ; then he became a professional sailor . |
| 5 | Then he felt a new movement . |
| 6 | Then he felt a tiny prick in his arm , and the pain , the faces , the roaring , all began to recede , and he floated away into a warm , restful darkness . |
| 7 | Then he scratched a shallow nest in the earth and slept . |
| 8 | His first impression was that somebody had started to construct a small harbour , but then he saw a shallow groove cut in the face of the cliff which must at one time have accommodated a pipe , and it occurred to him that it had probably been a sewage outfall . |
| 9 | Just then he saw a small boat moving out to sea , towards a ship . |
| 10 | Just then he saw a familiar shape pass the window on its way to the rear door , heard the tap-tapping of high-heeled shoes on the flags outside . |
| 11 | And then he saw a folded umbrella , pointed into the air , moving into the centre of the chaos . |
| 12 | Then he heard a long cry … |
| 13 | Moore listened carefully , and then he heard a strange squeaking noise . |
| 14 | Then he ran a short foil along part of his original track and broke abruptly northward , almost dead straight . |
| 15 | For a moment his look was piercing , and then he produced a rare smile . |
| 16 | He seemed about to leave — walked to the door , in any case — but when he reached the foot of the bed , he took hold of the brass upright and pulled the bed out into the room ; then he carried a second ladderback chair to the head of the bed and sat down behind Annie . |
| 17 | Then he had a strange dream . |
| 18 | If a man could love flowers and arrange a garden like that , then he had a nice side to him . |
| 19 | It is possible that the latter drew some plans for Biddick ; if he did not , then he had a powerful influence . |
| 20 | Then he had a grubby bedsit . |
| 21 | ‘ They got him to hospital , but then he had a second attack . |
| 22 | He got up out of bed and then I was thinking then he had a sneaky feeling that he tried to get out the door . |
| 23 | Well you see one of the l one of lads , naughty , he had to finish , but then he had a bad chest before |
| 24 | And then he had a wonderful form of arithmetic ; and he divided up to see how much the stack weighed . |
| 25 | Then he had a happier thought : with Sam gone , Martha would need care and protection . |
| 26 | Even then he had a special devotion to subterranean tracks and as the train came to the Wellington tunnel ( he and his parents had been on holiday to Cornwall that summer ) he began letting out a series of long drawn-out hooting sounds . |
| 27 | Then he added a fatal dose of your ethylene stuff to it and put it back on the carving rest … ’ |
| 28 | Then he took a loud drink and looked out of the window . |
| 29 | Then he took a brilliant catch at deep square lag to dismiss Lancashire dangerman Lloyd , and grabbed two wickets with his medium pace for good measure . |
| 30 | Then he took a steady pace backwards and looked down at her . |