Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I heard him call down from the attic for me to open the stairs door wide . |
| 2 | Then I heard him mutter to himself : ‘ Avare comme tous les juifs ’ . |
| 3 | Then I heard somebody say , ‘ He 's come round , Jack , ’ and the blindfold was ripped away , along with a chunk of hair . |
| 4 | Then I heard someone say , ‘ It 's disgraceful the way she keeps standin' there preenin' 'erself . ’ |
| 5 | Then I made one last journey through the house , the precincts , and the gardens , to see that all was as it should be , and to say goodbye . |
| 6 | Then I let her sleep . |
| 7 | Then I let her warble on for a while about the trials of high office , and feign interest in titbits of gossip from the upper echelons . |
| 8 | I kept that up until dawn , when the search party returned , Esmerelda-less , then I let myself go to sleep . |
| 9 | I find some offences disgust me , Im let the guy know , but then I let them know I want to help them |
| 10 | no one , two , three , four , five , once I caught a fish alive , six , seven , eight , nine , ten , then I let him go again |
| 11 | As he tried to grab me , I feinted , slipped back to make him follow me , knowing he would think I was afraid , and then I let him have a classic straight left that hit him on the point of the jaw . |
| 12 | But then I see them point at me , and go , ‘ Lulu ! ’ and I think , ‘ Oh God , they 'll turn off next time I 'm on the telly ! ’ |
| 13 | Then I see you go in again , this time in real bad company . |
| 14 | But then you see we 've got a section which is Birmingham and then we 've got a Head Office . |
| 15 | But then you see you 've got places like the weighing room , jockeys areas which basically y you 've got temporary staff there , or casual staff . |
| 16 | And then you see you come along where you 're pushing them to live on their own and you make suggestions . |
| 17 | She could hear Mrs Lorimer shouting for her favourite lodger , then she heard her say in a loud voice , ‘ It 's a woman . |
| 18 | For the length of a heartbeat his tall figure remained stiff and unyielding , and then she heard him swear harshly under his breath , and felt his strong arms enfolding her trembling figure . |
| 19 | For a moment she thought he was going to slam the phone down , then she heard him give a deep sigh . |
| 20 | He listened in silence for what seemed a longer period than normal , then she heard him speak . |
| 21 | Then she heard him say in Spanish , ‘ You want to meet her again ? ’ |
| 22 | Then she heard someone come through the bushes behind her — " Oh damn ! " she though : her friends had found her . |
| 23 | Her lips parted to tell him so , and then she heard herself say , to her own amazement , ‘ Take me to Les Hiboux , please . ’ |
| 24 | Then she heard herself say in a voice that sounded almost normal , ‘ Of course . |
| 25 | Then she heard herself murmur , ‘ There are things I have to say … about Janice … about Kirsty … |
| 26 | One huge hand was already placed in the small of her back , pinning her helplessly to the desk : then she felt him wind a thick hank of her blonde hair around his other fist , and jerk her head back . |
| 27 | And then she felt him move away and she lifted her head and saw that he was going towards the door . |
| 28 | Then she felt it jerk violently and Edward shuddered and bit her neck as warm sticky fluid spurted into her hand . |
| 29 | His head slowly tilted and she watched , mesmerised , as it angled sideways , then she felt his warm lips on her neck like a brand . |
| 30 | Then she made me promise to get them back to her in one piece within a week and sold me two tickets to a Ward Bond Retrospective at her film club in Ponder 's End . |