Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 're coming I do n't think I 'm taking for a couple of months , and then I take them every fortnight . |
| 2 | Right then I take it the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting haven been circulated already ? |
| 3 | Then I forge myself a letter . |
| 4 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 5 | And then I saw her the next day and and then I realized the and then I came back home and I told her why does n't she see there 's something changed . |
| 6 | Okay , then I get it every month . |
| 7 | ‘ Huh , ’ she said , and then smiled faintly as she said , ‘ odd , you know : you tell me that Annie 's a good woman , and I suppose she is , but I ca n't stand the sight of her ; then I tell you the constable 's a good man , and you know he is , and you ca n't stand the sight of him . |
| 8 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
| 9 | ‘ ’ Then I remembered what the Lord had said : ‘ John baptised with water , but you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit . ’ |
| 10 | We talked a bit then I gave him a lift back to his hotel . |
| 11 | Then I gave him the slip and came to London . ’ |
| 12 | Then I allowed myself the luxury to think ‘ Hey , yeah , at 30 you 're not such a failure after all . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Then I owe you the most sincere apologies , Sir James , ’ he commented . |
| 14 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |
| 15 | And then you make what a lot of people would be er consider er er a quantum leap . |
| 16 | ‘ Then you explain what the hell is going on , ’ Gregson challenged him . |
| 17 | If you can aim squarely , hold the club correctly and form a good stance , then you give yourself the best chance to strike the ball correctly . |
| 18 | but I mean you send the package out and you get a phone call er it 's Mr Davies , and then you get card out and then you send him the questionnaire it 's merely a record duplicated on the form but |
| 19 | ‘ Then you leave me no choice . ’ |
| 20 | And then she realised what the porter was really asking her . |
| 21 | where it , she said it was too big for her and er she wanted something smaller , with a swap , well I did n't swap for the reason mine was overlooking the lake , it was in a better position , and er , then she told me the reason she wanted to swap cos er , she said it was too big cos her husband had died , I started to speak to her about when God 's kingdom comes on the earth , these dead ones will come back , these loved ones |
| 22 | Then she asked him a question in Yorkshire dialect , because that was his language . |
| 23 | Then she handed him a glass of Southern Comfort and said , ‘ Well that 's that . ’ |
| 24 | Well , one gran that lives alone we get five pound an for each birthday , we normally get five pound for a birthday and then she buys us a present for Christmas or a gift voucher . |
| 25 | Then she gave him a fine-toothed comb that would drag the dead lice and their eggs from his hair after the liquid had done its work . |
| 26 | Then she threw him a shrewd look . |
| 27 | But then she remembered what the wise old turtle had told her about putting herself in the dog 's place , and doing what she would want to have done to her . |
| 28 | And then we thought what a great idea for a book . |
| 29 | But then we asked him a bit more about it and he made his fatal mistake . |
| 30 | But then we developed it a bit further like we did with negative numbers . |