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Example sentences of "then [vb past] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Nathan squinted up at the masthead , then gazed into his coffee-mug .
2	He tells me about how he had to leave a Walthamstow pub in embarrassment when he was asked to do some karaoke , and then asked for his autograph .
3	Agnew Speedy coming in Ormanroyd then got in his way rather but it comes still to Thomson he lays it off to Lewis and the cross is too hard .
4	With her little finger she flicked melted lipstick from the corners of her mouth , then dabbed at her nose and cheeks with a small powder-puff .
5	She then rose from her seat and bowed , leaving Finchingfield 's fond aunt seething .
6	He gazed round the sitting room at the long wall of books , the crackling wood fire , the oil of the Victorian prelate above the mantelshelf as if deliberately impressing each item on his mind , then sank into his chair and stretched out his long legs with a small grunt of satisfaction .
7	Sarah hesitated , then drew in her breath and followed .
8	He then staggered into their office , ablaze from the waist upwards and tore off his burning jacket .
9	Her housemates then came to her aid .
10	He locked the door of the smithy behind him , and then sauntered towards his mother-in-law .
11	The colour heightened then receded in her face , and she released him , sat back , startled .
12	‘ I worked through the night to get them done and then drove to her house where she was confined to bed , ’ says Alan .
13	He told the court : ‘ It shut slowly and then slammed on my finger … it cut off the top of my ring finger . ’
14	He poured tea for her then retreated to his chair again with a glass of whisky .
15	His position was never seriously challenged , except once , when it looked as though the fiercely pro-Government , pro-Afrikaner , ‘ Broederbond ’ — dominated faction which then existed on his executive might oust him .
16	He got up from his chair and put his spectacles into a red leather case which he then returned to his pocket .
17	She then signed to her husband and Susan to leave the room .
18	She shook her head , almost in despair , then glanced at her watch .
19	Merrill looked up vaguely , then glanced at her watch .
20	Mademoiselle Lavaux patted Sabine 's shoulder , then glanced at her watch .
21	As usual , Maria Grazia answered and then yelled to his mother to pick up the extension phone by her chair , in the deep underwater gloom of the living room .
22	She broke off , and looked at him helplessly , then saw in his face a look that said , while he was thankful that she was n't afraid of him , he was doing his best to try to comprehend .
23	This one just hung there like a kite on an invisible string and then fell on its prey like a stone , somewhere in another field .
24	Harry lay still , gathering his breath and tasting his chagrin , and the hatred he had never truly felt until then congealed about his heart like heavy fire .
25	Piers cleaned out his ear with his little finger and then leant on his elbow with his forehead on outstretched fingers — and shook his head every time the instrument ( I did n't know what it was then ) vibrated .
26	He was motionless , the only movement a nerve jerking in his tense jaw as she reached her hands up to slip the shoe-string straps from her shoulders , then felt behind her back for the zip .
27	He looked from the overcoat to the grimy , torn green flannels and the scuffed brown shoes laced with uneven lengths of string , then felt in his pocket for the cigarettes he had bummed off a group of Swedish students in Bonn a few days earlier .
28	He showered again to get rid of the tell-tale smell , then lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling , quite immobile , thinking .
29	‘ Frank echoed the words , then lay with his head sunk on his chest , a man in a stupor .
30	They ate the sandwiches they 'd made before they 'd left the house , and then lay in their shelter and read two paper-backed books they 'd brought with them .