Example sentences of "and then [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I never thought , I just run out the kitchen and got we switched the electric off , and I just got four buckets of water and chucked it on the bed and then said to Rudy , you know what , we have n't got nowhere to sleep now ! |
| 2 | The wood of the planks was almost white , but it had been sanded and then varnished with gums and resins until it glistened . |
| 3 | They sketched their ideas and then looked for clothes to match . |
| 4 | He waved out the match , gazed at it thoughtfully for a moment , dropped it into the ashtray and then looked at Herr Nordern . |
| 5 | Just , get a bath and then got to bed . |
| 6 | Suppose the suspect had taken the taxi to get rid of Carella , got out at the hospital to confuse matters further , walked around the comer to the terminus and then continued by bus to his original destination ? |
| 7 | He watched as Siban went out through the door , and then glanced at Alexei . |
| 8 | Ben drew up the car and then glanced at Zoe . |
| 9 | She shrugged , and then giggled in surprise as the rounded shoulders of the spacesuit ascended like blunt-nosed rockets on each side of her helmet . |
| 10 | MacBride toured the United States denouncing British policy in Ireland and Africa , and then lived in Paris until an amnesty allowed him to return to Dublin . |
| 11 | He worked as one of the cooperative who ran Blot , the alternative newspaper where Miranda often published — though Blot in her view was well-named , for every page was printed in several coloured inks and a variety of types , and then overprinted in palimpsest . |
| 12 | I had stayed in bed on Sunday morning , even though Quigley had nearly kicked the door down and then burst into tears all over my duvet . |
| 13 | It flickered and flew along the elding , and then burst into smoke , so thick and foul in the throat that I was fain to get on my knees behind a boulder , for the wind out of the cove sent it downhill … |
| 14 | Ieuan Evans caught the ball and then grappled with Frank Bunce for it , before both players tumbled over the line . |
| 15 | Loretta took her friend 's advice and then listened in surprise as , in spite of the hot weather , Bridget ordered a casserole . |
| 16 | Sarah had previously suggested that they should try the effect of Queen Caroline 's ‘ Christmas trees ’ — young fir trees set in tubs and put upon the table or in a window seat and then decked with penny candles . |
| 17 | Tweed leant back in his chair , glanced at Monica while Newman checked his notebook , dialled a Helsinki number , waited and then stared at Tweed . |
| 18 | Well , they 'd find out soon , she thought , glancing at her watch , and then stared in amazement as a heavy black motorbike cruised lazily into the consultant 's slot and stopped . |
| 19 | The earthworks of the village have always been known : they were recorded by the Ordnance Survey surveyors in the nineteenth century and then re-discovered by Maurice Beresford in the late 1940s . |
| 20 | He found an opportunity to work in the biochemistry laboratory at Cambridge , and then came to Florey . |
| 21 | The sound went up and then went beyond Masklin 's hearing . |
| 22 | The Jordanian canteen manager noticed that the expiry date stamped on the cases by the Dutch manufacturers had already passed ; he sent a telex to Tripoli explaining his reasons for refusing to accept delivery , and then went on holiday . |
| 23 | A LONE gunman killed a French Nazi collaborator yesterday , and then went on television to claim responsibility . |
| 24 | Mr Vassiliou , a 61-year-old self-made millionaire , telephoned his opponent to congratulate him and then went on television to concede defeat and appeal for national unity . |
| 25 | He was ordained deacon in 1863 and priest in 1864 , served for two years as his father 's curate in Langley Burrell , Wiltshire , and then went as curate to Clyro , Radnorshire . |
| 26 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 27 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 28 | ‘ We got offered a lot of European dates after Reading , ’ says Gordon , ‘ but we backed off to rehearse and then went to America . |
| 29 | You worked at Needham during the war and then went to Ipswich . |
| 30 | She was privately educated , and then went to Lady Margaret Hall , Oxford , where she took a third class in classical honour moderations in 1897 . |