Example sentences of "then [vb past] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | He locked the door of the smithy behind him , and then sauntered towards his mother-in-law . |
| 6 | He poured tea for her then retreated to his chair again with a glass of whisky . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He got up from his chair and put his spectacles into a red leather case which he then returned to his pocket . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He showered again to get rid of the tell-tale smell , then lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling , quite immobile , thinking . |
| 15 | ‘ Frank echoed the words , then lay with his head sunk on his chest , a man in a stupor . |
| 16 | He then took from his pocket a filthy blue handkerchief , reversing it so that his small audience could examine both sides . |
| 17 | Barycz locked the door of the communications room , then went to his desk and activated the screen . |
| 18 | The gang then went to his home and shot his aged mother . |
| 19 | He gave me the thumbs up sign then disappeared into his trench . |
| 20 | The Evangelicals usually honoured Cranmer , but Macaulay did not , writing , somewhat unfairly , ‘ The sanguinary intolerance of a man who then wavered in his Creed excites a loathing to which it is difficult to give vent without calling foul names . ’ |
| 21 | Ramprakash first ‘ sledged ’ opposing batsman Marcus Wight ( who had dismissed him in both innings ) , then remonstrated with his captain , John Emburey . |
| 22 | He says he saw a fish and then looked at his blade and it had a part missing . |
| 23 | He gave an embarrassed laugh , then looked at his wrist-watch , saying , ‘ No , it ca n't be ten past seven . |
| 24 | Nick just stared at him , then looked at his father . |
| 25 | He read it in silence , then looked from his wife to his sister-in-law , and back to his wife again . |
| 26 | Langton looked at her for a moment , then reached into his desk . |
| 27 | Karr nodded , then reached into his tunic pocket yet again . |
| 28 | He pushed her towards the door , then reached into his coat pocket and took out a packet of cigarettes . |
| 29 | He switched off the engine then reached into his pocket for his cigarettes and lit the third one since leaving the Windorah . |
| 30 | Haavikko put his chopsticks down and pushed his bowl away , then reached into his pocket and took the notebook from it . |