Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 2 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 3 | Then I worked for the BBC — my favourite charity , really . |
| 4 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 5 | Then they left for the 13-mile drive to their luxurious home at Corston , near Bath . |
| 6 | Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing . |
| 7 | Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing . |
| 8 | Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing . |
| 9 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 11 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 12 | And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother . |
| 13 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 14 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
| 15 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
| 16 | Then he felt for the pain in his neck . |
| 17 | Then he reached for the brandy and tipped a measure into his own cup before offering to do the same with Shiona 's . |
| 18 | ‘ A word about your weapons , gentlemen , ’ he smarmed , then he went for the quick draw and levelled a long-barrelled pistol at all of us . |
| 19 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 20 | Then he worked for the British . ’ |