Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And then you got Ex Layer erm forty four pound ninety nine . |
| 32 | You were saying and then you finished in mid-sentence . |
| 33 | Er people did not , in fact , wish to pay taxes in order to allow erm their rulers to play the game of war and the limited sums of money available for these wars was soon expended so when your cash ran out , then you sued for peace you , you engaged in negotiations . |
| 34 | I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar |
| 35 | She was always moaning and complaining , she was always ill with something , then she died of leukaemia . ’ |
| 36 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 37 | And then she went to sleep again until ten , on our bed . |
| 38 | Then she went to bed exhausted and , for the first time since her terror started , slept well . |
| 39 | Then she went to bed . |
| 40 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 41 | A doctor came , and said the same thing , then she went off duty for lunch . |
| 42 | Then she grinned at Nanny . |
| 43 | Then she got into bed and lay there , waiting . |
| 44 | She took off the wire that held the cork in position and put the bottle beside her , then she set to work . |
| 45 | She sighed to herself and smiled to herself at Auntie 's mistake ; and then she set to work with Auntie 's sewing-machine . |
| 46 | She had no wish for Doreen to accompany them during this rare opportunity to be alone with Silas ; then she sighed with relief as his next words rang like bells in her ears . |
| 47 | Then she nodded with decision and rose from her chair . |
| 48 | Then she relapsed into gloom . |
| 49 | At first Buzz saw nothing , but then she gasped in horror . |
| 50 | Then she stood on tiptoe , kissed me and was gone . |
| 51 | Then she turned to Xanthe whom she could avoid kissing , to keep her unbathed body away from the young girl 's groomed presence as far as she was able without coldness . |
| 52 | For a moment she could n't think what he meant , then she remembered with dismay that she 'd already asked him to join her and Elaine and a few of the island friends they 'd made on the new power-boat Stephen had treated them to as the hotel neared completion . |
| 53 | Then we got under way . |
| 54 | And then we got to school and it was all big and confusing and there was all these boys I 'd never seen before , all with their parents and some of the kids were weird-looking with funny eyes . |
| 55 | Then we got on board the little " Fingal " and soon were joined by a number who had travelled with us when we came and whom we greeted as old friends . |
| 56 | I mean that when we went to Italy , when me and our Terry went to Italy last year erm first thing in the morning we 'd , we 'd have our breakfast , then we had a wander round and then we went on beach , two or three hours in and out at the |
| 57 | Then we went to sleep . |
| 58 | And then we er we left school and then we went to work for to w we went to look for work . |
| 59 | I wedged it in the carrier bag with the papers I 'd taken from Salome 's briefcase and then we went in search of the veggie noshery recommended by Fenella 's nice policeman . |
| 60 | A long time ago when I was six years old me and Neil went out mise chifing I chut a stown and it naile it a wondow then we ran off then we came to somedody garben then we clad up there tree and shouted fatet . |