Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it was ’ , said Dwyer , ‘ then no-one bothered to ask the Australian coaches or players ’ . |
| 2 | Then I had to open the bags so that they could actually see the fish . |
| 3 | Then I had felt a someone : the centre of all attention and an exceedingly important person . |
| 4 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 5 | Then he said : ‘ I hope I am not trespassing over a duty ascribed to someone else present here , but then I had heard no proposals for anyone to give a toast in thanks to our host , the most honourable and kind Lord Darlington . ’ |
| 6 | Then I had to write a composition about the Royal Visit . |
| 7 | We rode in the field for the first two weeks , and then I had to face the roads and the tractors . |
| 8 | And then I had to get the shoes , too , but the overall effect is just right . |
| 9 | Then I had to find a cab and get back here . |
| 10 | It was the third day in July , page four , seven , three and then I had to find a word that I 'd never heard off before and put it up on the board . |
| 11 | So I phoned Mrs I eventually got through to her then I had to phone the prison to tell daddy because he was going to go in and erm I mean I , and then I go back to work , Grant . |
| 12 | Since then I had had a healing , been taking massive doses of vitamin C , regular doses of vitamin A and B and supplements of zinc and selenium , eating my ‘ stay-well ’ diet and doing my visualization . |
| 13 | There was also the anxiety of discovering where I was to sit in chapel ; then I had to learn the names and whereabouts of the different houses and of the scattered playing fields . |
| 14 | Then I had to place the silver-coloured piece on to the needle heads with the latches open and draw the knitting towards me so that the latches closed and the knitting slid on to the silver piece . |
| 15 | And I gets this one out and I 'm reading through it and I looks at the name John , and then I began to take an interest in it and , here I discovered that my grandfather and my great grandfather that 's like my grandfather and my grandmother 's father |
| 16 | We went into my room and sat down on the floor together , and dried each other 's tears ; then I began to laugh a bit , ruefully , because I suddenly imagined how we must look , a hulking great coloured man and a girl sitting snivelling in front of a gas-fire mopping up the tears with dozens of paper hankies . |
| 17 | You see , it hurt me to think that you hated me , that you could have been conspiring behind my back with a man like William , but then I began to think a little straighter . |
| 18 | Then I seemed to grow a couple of inches , and thin out . |
| 19 | ‘ If I could n't get rid of him straight away , then I meant to keep an eye on him , ’ he interrupted grimly . |
| 20 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 21 | Then I went to see the Cholmondeley emeralds and other jewellery which was quite superb . |
| 22 | She wanted other children , and by then I 'd taken the decision never to have any more and had a vasectomy . |
| 23 | Then I 'd had the impression of a pleasant face , but no crowd-raiser . |
| 24 | For a decade till then I 'd had the adrenalin flowing . |
| 25 | Then I wanted to join the army and that was another two months of warfare , and then when I wanted to go in the police force my parents said , ‘ You 're trying to tell us something about your attitude to school , are n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | I always , I always , when I first wanted er when I was at school I always wanted to join the army and then I changed my mind and then I wanted to join the police force . |
| 27 | Then I attempted to push the vehicle into the open . |
| 28 | actually I tend to waste money cos I thought I 'd sit here and moan about taking them out the cost of it , but then I considered spending a hundred pound on a bed that he probably does n't even need , it 's daft really in n it ? |
| 29 | ‘ It was then I decided to find a product which I thought was marketable and start marketing it , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Then I started to get a feeling that the Lord was going to move me from my present job . |