Example sentences of "then he [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
2 | Then he fell in the mud … ) |
3 | Then he dragged in the two devil dogs and left them guarding the door so Mr Mounsa could n't leave , Liverpool Crown Court was told . |
4 | Then he tottered to the home , polybag empty of crusts . |
5 | Then he tucked into the ‘ pan fried calves liver with sauted apples served with a crisp stir fry of mange tout . ’ |
6 | Then he looked at the linen she was holding across her arms , and she followed his gaze and said , as she motioned her hand towards the door , ‘ This … this is our house too . |
7 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
8 | Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself . |
9 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
10 | and then he looked at the man . |
11 | Then he looked at the jury , and said very loudly : ‘ Sarah did not buy the toothpaste . |
12 | Then he looked at the Earl . |
13 | and then he looked at the row of trolleys tangled in the front of the car . |
14 | parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything |
15 | Then he looked along the rope . |
16 | Then he looked under the table , ‘ Oh no — it was the table leg . |
17 | then he looked in the baby 's bouncy chair . |
18 | Then he looked in the car , saw my father crumpled up and started to speak . |
19 | Then he looked in the pram and saw Steffine and put the knife on her face . |
20 | Then he looked after the income tax , which was a bit of a headache . |
21 | Brookhead Smith loaded the cabinet with the gramophone inside it on to the back of his cart , then he looked around the shed to see if there were any more records lying about . |
22 | Then he looked round the room . |
23 | Then he spat in the road , and delivered himself of a surly condemnation . |
24 | Then he gestured towards the ’ rise ahead , and to a path snaking into the undergrowth . |
25 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
26 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
27 | Then he walked around the little living-room , cradling the mug in his hands , and thinking . |
28 | Then he felt for the pain in his neck . |
29 | Then he vaulted over the breakwater , ran up the steps on to the prom and was lost to view . |
30 | Then he rolled off the seat into the footwell and immediately started snoring again . |