Example sentences of "but then he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car . |
| 2 | I was all set to attend his mother 's barbecue , but then he discovered I had an assignment and refused to let me cancel . ’ |
| 3 | Course he started messing with the er bodywork and the engine and they just wrecked it , but then he sold it to another driver and this other bloke Bob erm oh |
| 4 | But then he knew he would n't , because he would be doing it for just that reason even if he really preferred tea with lemon . |
| 5 | Yeah but then he knew he had |
| 6 | Meredith thought she detected a gentler tone creeping into his words , and felt comforted , but then he spoilt it all . |
| 7 | ‘ But then he got her into the trouble in the first place . |
| 8 | But then he said you do work at school so it 's alright . |
| 9 | But then he took her by surprise . |
| 10 | She had to go through the ritual of pleading for information while he pretended reluctance , but then he told her what appeared to be everything . |
| 11 | At first I refused , but then he told me of Daniel 's murder , and said no-one would believe I was not implicated … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But then he told me he wanted to be a woman . |
| 13 | But then he realised he 'd lost the manuscript for a biography he 's writing on the nineteenth century painter James Whistler . |
| 14 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 15 | But then he asked her what she was knitting , so she had to answer him , and after that she agreed to let him tap her chest with his rubber hammer , peer into her ears with his pencil light , and press the back of her tongue with one of Mrs Hollidaye 's silver apostle teaspoons . |
| 16 | But then he remembered he had so far made little public display of his temporary teacher from Portlington . |
| 17 | But then he decided he 'd go and look for something else . |
| 18 | ‘ But then he gave me half an ounce on credit . |
| 19 | He opened his mouth as though he was about to say something , but then he closed it again . |
| 20 | But then he covered her , his naked body burning hot , heavy but not crushing , strong and powerful . |
| 21 | But then he pushed her away . |
| 22 | It had worried him for a moment , he had n't been quite sure what she meant , but then he reckoned she was referring to the troubles . |
| 23 | if Derek and he went away last weekend he perhaps stuffed it in here but then he drops it in when he finds it |
| 24 | But then he has it , he 's off and running , he 's merging and purging that database with frantic abandon . |
| 25 | Dauntless felt a little chagrined she was n't more impressed and grateful , but then he supposed he looked little other than a lunatic scrap himself at that moment . |
| 26 | Well , it turned out he used to be a ‘ pretty successful writer ’ , but then he found he was just getting into ‘ things that were too weird . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |