Example sentences of "then [pers pn] went [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I went to work in a five and ten , and gradually worked my way up until I was managing a general store . |
| 2 | Then I went to work in another factory as a machinist and I moved into a room with the child . |
| 3 | ‘ I was in the house until Chris arrived around ten , then I went to work in the little field behind the house where we grow our vegetables ; I was there until nearly one . |
| 4 | ‘ I watched the television for a bit , ’ said Brown shuffling uneasily in his chair , ‘ and then I went to bed . ’ |
| 5 | And then I went to bed and this morning woke up later . |
| 6 | Then we moved to the and then I went to Road School , which I finished my time there , fourteen . |
| 7 | I was in prison on remand for three weeks , then I went to court and got three years ' probation . |
| 8 | Then I went to sleep . |
| 9 | For example , today , I had practice from 8am until 10am and then I went to school and had two lessons . |
| 10 | The first time was when she called to order the piece , and then I went to Bracken Cottage to measure — ’ |
| 11 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
| 12 | No , , it 's just a but he was , you know , I was fairly slow , and then I went on , I followed erm , I ended up slightly , as well , erm , then I went to college up to the age of eighteen , erm , and as soon as I finished college he made me a department manager . |
| 13 | Then I went to prison and they made the baby a ward of court without telling me . |
| 14 | And er , er , I was only in there one year and then I went into form five for three months and I , I went into the form six . |
| 15 | Then I went into therapy for a while . |
| 16 | Then you went on parade . |
| 17 | In my day , you went to school , then you went to work . |
| 18 | Then you went to Valley , and . |
| 19 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 20 | And then she went to sleep again until ten , on our bed . |
| 21 | Then she went to bed exhausted and , for the first time since her terror started , slept well . |
| 22 | Then she went to bed . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A doctor came , and said the same thing , then she went off duty for lunch . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | Then we went to sleep . |
| 27 | And then we er we left school and then we went to work for to w we went to look for work . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Then they went to bed again and drank and loved two nights away and then they had a party and then they made a giant salad of mushrooms and tomatoes and sweetcorn and ham and avocado and lettuce and hibernated for a week . |
| 30 | Then he went to bed , having checked the room for electronic bugs and found one in the base of the lamp . |