Example sentences of "then i [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 2 | Then I walked towards the room just as loud applause was heard . |
| 3 | Then I waited at the barrier , the motley flesh around me all pulsing with welcome . |
| 4 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 5 | But then I return to the knifeblade , flexing gently under my weight as I try to shift my centre of gravity as far as possible over my feet to protect the belay . |
| 6 | Then I stepped into the sea , and swam to Blefuscu . |
| 7 | I put back so and then I put against the fence . |
| 8 | Then I returned to the tinker camp and sought out the same woman . |
| 9 | So then I had on the train . |
| 10 | And then I had about a a a two mile walk to pit bottom , you see . |
| 11 | Then I said to the boy , ‘ Xury , if you help me , I 'll be a good friend to you . |
| 12 | Then I taught in a secondary modern in Hackney , before getting involved in the pioneering days of schools ' drama , touring happily doing plays in schools and inspiring them to do their own . ’ |
| 13 | Let me try I was wondering why he was doing it then I realized on the tape she done that in n it . |
| 14 | Now I can understand that isolation , but then I felt like the stray cat of Egypt , not only unloved but undeserving of all regard . |
| 15 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 16 | Then I swung on the end of the shaft and righted the wheelbarrow . |
| 17 | Then I landed like a silk bomb by the glasshouse |
| 18 | Then I attend to the words I have uttered , and , in so doing , I put myself , as a thinker , outside what I have said , and perhaps prepare to say something further , such as ‘ to cash a cheque ’ . |
| 19 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 20 | I replied that of course such decisions were entirely his prerogative , then I fell into a musing mood and sought to recall something Rosa had asked me the previous week about English social customs . |
| 21 | Then I heard about the idea of a set of stamps and it seemed this was a way to recognise his work . |
| 22 | Then I launched into a sort of ‘ Clap-hands here comes Sophie Tucker crossed with a couple of Golden Girls and a dash of every mother of every girl I ever grew up with ’ , live from Carnegie Deli . |
| 23 | Then I launched into the confession I should have told the priest — the one I have written down here . |
| 24 | Then I launched into the apology , the explanation and finally , by dint of superhuman endeavour , the jokes . |
| 25 | Then I strolled around the city for a couple of hours , knowing that Dana would not be awake before noon . |
| 26 | Then I ran across the burning stones into the sea . |
| 27 | Then I ran into a snag — the newspaper had no printed address . |
| 28 | Just then I glanced through the little bedroom window and saw all the women and kids still hanging about outside . |
| 29 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 30 | Then I went for a walk with Mr Sargent . ’ |