Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at lots , and then I saw this fairytale cottage , like something out of Alice In Wonderland . |
| 2 | Well , then I spotted this encampment of Berbers and thought , God I got ta get outta here … |
| 3 | It was , of course , hilarious in itself but then I got this bit of smoked salmon ( coloured red of course ! ) and draped it across her upper lip and it looked a bit like a moustache . |
| 4 | No I did n't cos I was on , I used to be on a oil card delivering paraffin oil round the countryside and then cos I used to stink apparently and then I got this job at er on a pushbike |
| 5 | so then I rung this person here and spoke to a Steven |
| 6 | Then I want this lot livened up . ’ |
| 7 | I still n , I still think that we need to make er quick pro progress Chairman but er unless we do make quick progress and unless we do understand what 's going on and call a spade a spade then I think this programme is doomed . |
| 8 | ‘ I lie there pretending to be asleep then I feel this thing pressed against me . |
| 9 | You have until that cloud above you moves past the sun , then I string this peasants ’ spawn from the nearest tree . |
| 10 | ‘ Twenty years … then you know this area inside out . ’ |
| 11 | Right so you got your calcium chloride out and then you got this H two C O three . |
| 12 | and then and then you get this feeling down here like something 's rumbling then you go aaaaaaah I 'm gon na be sick ! |
| 13 | Then you put this lime wash and l white like whitening . |
| 14 | And then you go this way and that 's three three one , three two three 's four . |
| 15 | You do n't take a water tablet tomorrow and then you start this Inavase stuff and the first dose should be taken at night because the main potential side effect with the very first tablet , and it 's the first tablet only , is your blood pressure can go Oh down a bit . |
| 16 | Then she heard this crash . |
| 17 | and then we use this method to then go a stage further to prepare for the second presentation . |
| 18 | And then we had this man that used to come from India and he was called the Viceroy of India . |
| 19 | And then we had this pig woman who , who erm who wore men 's clothes and a big cap and she had a horse and cart . |
| 20 | So we thought we 'd walk to the next stop , and then we see this bag on the floor . |
| 21 | If , on the other hand , the answer is " no " , then we eliminate this line of enquiry , and perhaps try one of the alternative classifications of adverts and metaphors we suggested above . |
| 22 | And then we walked further and then we found this pub to eat . |
| 23 | minus X squared minus two X. Then we do this way , three X squared |
| 24 | ‘ On November 1 they told us that normal Christmas arrangements would apply — that we would work for most of the holiday period — then they dropped this bombshell on November 22 and said we would be off for two weeks . |
| 25 | And then erm , then they had this thing called Niff , which was water , and they came round spraying all of us . |
| 26 | and they , they put the concrete down , then they get this thing to put on it and it , it sort of moulds it |
| 27 | Then they brought this poll tax did n't they ? |
| 28 | I mean I used to , I can chart the American way you see cos but the American way is different to the British way cos we just count number one to eight but with an American they go one one , one two , one three , one four , one five , one six and then they come this way . |
| 29 | But then they said this Casey was a cop . ’ |
| 30 | I du n no what it is but they 're about that long and about that round and then they got this trigger like you similar what you do on the Vax hold the trigger . |