Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And that she she looked shocked , you know , she did n't did n't know me like , and er , well she was shocked , and then I said I said , right well we 'll have to get together and sort something out about stopping with her , and Pete said straight away .
2 She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart ,
3 Then I felt I 'd better add : ‘ The Stock Exchange . ’
4 ‘ I was brought back eventually but by then I felt I needed a change as well .
5 Then I figured I 'd better try the same approach on guitar , so I put a really high nut on this old Gibson Melody Maker and I started using bottleneck on it .
6 right but then I knew I told you where
7 I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems .
8 And then I 'd I 'd had enough and then he started messing about and he started pushing the boxes down through my strapper then , course that messed the strapper up !
9 But then I realised I had n't played one bad shot and I thought ‘ what have I got to fear ’ ’ .
10 Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job .
11 He 'd been glaring and smashing down glasses on the table and muttering under his breath and I wondered what on earth I 'd done to make him so disturbed , and then I realised I had n't done anything .
12 But then I got I mean if you said right we 'll get a yeah , a or something right ?
13 Saw the bit where , it 's got like tha that where he 's been , he said , I think it 's because I had the , I smoked pot or something , marijuana once then I got I got busted or something and !
14 Groa said , ‘ If that 's what he 's gone to Kinrimund for , then I wish I 'd known .
15 Then I thought I heard something moving in the trees — just behind one big tree .
16 And then I thought I heard voices once , coming from a long way away , but I could n't work out where they were coming from ; and they were so very faint I almost thought I 'd imagined them .
17 I thought after I was having a shave I 'd come downstairs , then I thought I heard the garage door go thought Lee put his bike in , I thought perhaps he ai n't got ta key
18 Then I thought I saw my father .
19 ‘ Well , I did n't get up Sunday , then I thought I 'd better go in to work on Monday , but I came home early and I 've been in bed ever since . ’
20 Then I wished I had asked him to walk with me to the coach , and I could not stop crying .
21 It was then I remembered I had forgotten my boots .
22 I mean I 've had Fife College on the phone as well saying you know why ca n't we do it and Alec we 're really now we can do no more until Napier come up if for some reason Napier fell down on the job then I think I 've got enough knowledge about what we 're doing now but I would start running it round the other colleges including Telford who are doing a distance learning course
23 Then I think I know who 'll be able to help her .
24 Then I think I heard her come back and go out again about an hour ago . ’
25 ‘ He shot too early a couple of times , that was his problem , but then I think I shot too early sometimes , too .
26 Then I think I read some of my favourite English poems — Hardy , Hopkins , Housman , Blake , Yeats , Edward Thomas , Wilfred Owen , and I think one each by Ted Hughes and Thom Gunn , the only contemporaries I could stand at that time .
27 And then I think I want to ask you people the question , ‘ What is it that you do which is potentially interesting to the world ? ’ okay ?
28 But then I decided I had broken enough hands tonight .
29 Erm , then I think it probably had us confused for a while , whilst we were just trying to decide who should do writing and who should do what , but then I decided I 'd chose two people , and then we started cutting things out so then that , that went okay then .
30 So I take my time , not asking if he wants Cellophane gift-wrapping but just doing it really slowly and then I say I done the VAT wrong .
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