Example sentences of "and only then [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And yet it may still be true that he came within minutes of Jerome 's flight , found the man only stunned , stooped close and knew him , for then knowing was possible , and killed him , and only then took thought how to escape suspicion , and came running into the town , to me . ’
2 She shrugged her shoulders , popped it back in , won the fight as well as the following three contests to take the title — and only then told Dr Ken Kingsbury , the English team doctor , of her injury .
3 He got Georgiades to bring his men to the Bab es Zuweyla and only then told Georgiades what he had in mind .
4 Pons agreed that Jones originally argued with the theoretical aspects of their proposal but later became convinced by them and only then offered cooperation .
5 And within three minutes they were out of the house and into the car , and only then did Henry ask , ‘ What 's it all about ? ’
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