Example sentences of "then he [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he fell in love — with a woman . |
| 2 | Then he froze with alarm as the full implication of the sound hit him . |
| 3 | Early in life he went from school to school , sometimes half across Europe ; then he looked for patronage to give him a livelihood . |
| 4 | Just a little bit more money they wanted then he shoots off home . |
| 5 | Then he beamed with delight . |
| 6 | Then he attacked with venom and had Thornton looking troubled for the only time in the fight . |
| 7 | Then he whistled in amazement . |
| 8 | But then he exploded into life again and it was simply a question of when Carr would go down . |
| 9 | Then he said to Rain : ‘ You could say I have been trying to help Barbara Coleman , helping her to keep out of trouble . |
| 10 | Then he said to Rain : ‘ He attacked me only with words . ’ |
| 11 | Before she could do more than smile up at him , he had kissed her eyes , her lips , the soft skin of her neck just below her ear , and then he began to unbutton her clothes . |
| 12 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 13 | For a moment Alexei wondered why Burun did not arrest his eldest son 's questions more sharply , and then he realised with admiration how much reassurance the noble hangers-on who had swollen Burun 's retinue would draw from what they heard . |
| 14 | And then he struck at Fiver and scratched his ear . " |
| 15 | Then he rode in triumph to the Tsar . |
| 16 | Yes oh I ee I , I 'm led to understand that he , he built that church and I 'm led to understand that at the same time he started , he came as a curate to St Matthew 's and then he came to Street into a house and he had a little , he started a little church down there in a private house and then he built the church . |
| 17 | It took Corky all day to get this far and then he fainted in front of the C64 ! |
| 18 | He never drank till the evening , but then he indulged in beer and gossip . |
| 19 | Then he went to bed , having checked the room for electronic bugs and found one in the base of the lamp . |
| 20 | But then he went on television with his wife Hillary , a forceful , highly political lawyer . |
| 21 | He shouts ‘ Beats International ! ’ with the kind of enthusiasm most sane people save for a winning goal or a multiple birth , and then he breaks into rhyme . |
| 22 | Then he set to work laying siege to her with letters . |
| 23 | Then he set to work honing his own brand of precision engineering into countless dance records put out under the name Reese ( short for Maurice , his middle name ) , Reese and Santonio and KS Experience . |
| 24 | He started off as doctor in the house , then he moved to doctor at sea and now he 's doctor in trouble , as a result of these Government policies . |
| 25 | Uncle Bill let out a yell and kicked him away , then he snapped on Captain 's lead and tied him to a chair in the corner of the kitchen . |
| 26 | If Cawthorne has been accessing the research material of somebody like PKB — and who knows who else — then he knows in advance , or can at least have a damn good guess , which way the market-makers are going to go . |
| 27 | Then he talked to Earth Commander , and what happened ? |
| 28 | One said : ‘ He was going for the ball and then he winced in pain . |
| 29 | Then he headed for home . |
| 30 | Then he shouted with authority : ‘ Stand up ! |