Example sentences of "then he [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Then he made the small finger-gesture , as among professionals , for ‘ switching clients ’ . |
2 | Then he told the astonished controller to call the police and an ambulance — and volunteered to sit with Derek until they arrived . |
3 | Then he saw the watchful , ruthless , dissatisfied eyes . |
4 | Then he saw the broken string of a relic-bag and realised it was Mael-Isu of Deer . |
5 | It was then he saw the approaching gendarme . |
6 | For a second Sharpe 's heart leapt , thinking that a battalion of Riflemen had arrived , then he saw the yellow crossbelts over the green coats and he knew he was seeing Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar 's force of Nassauers . |
7 | Then he saw the glowing tip of someone 's cigarette behind the windshield . |
8 | Given his background , he built up a very effective little unit , then he offered the whole thing to us after the Flying Doctor business . |
9 | Then he rejoined the other 2 defendants outside the barn . |
10 | And then he heard the automatic alarms . |
11 | Then he attacked the new belief in collectivism as a political , not an ecclesiastical cry : socialism would produce a ‘ kingdom of Lilliputians , not men ’ . |
12 | ‘ Then he carried the little girl to the nearest building and rushed inside a flat to shower her with cold water . |
13 | Then he said the old bat needs . |
14 | ‘ And then he had the infernal nerve to write and ask if she was managing all right , ’ he continued bitingly . |
15 | Then he had the good fortune to meet Commander D. W. Child RN who had been an intelligence officer in Holland and who Blake had met there . |
16 | And then he had the blasted cheek to offer him a coffee , emphasizing his familiarity with the flat , his rights of ownership . |
17 | Then he took the proffered penny and went inside the pub , leaving me to get on with it . |
18 | Then he took the right fork of the track , following it for a hundred yards , and blocked it so that clearing the barricade in a hurry would require a bulldozer . |
19 | Then he terrorised the hysterical wives into mutilating their private parts with needles and pins , a court heard yesterday . |
20 | Then he knew the complete arrogance of the TOP's. had never occurred to them that anyone would attempt to infiltrate the control room . |
21 | Then he noticed the dark eyes , smouldering with hate at him from beneath tangled strands of black hair . |
22 | He examined it closer , and it was only then he noticed the faint crack which ran between the edges of the tiles . |
23 | Initially , he could n't see the body , and then he noticed the tell-tale blanket draped over a shape on the floor . |
24 | Then he got the public sector borrowing requirement wrong . |
25 | Then he released the headless cockerel . |
26 | Then he caught the unmistakable dead man 's stench of river water , heaving slowly , but always finding , no matter what the obstacle , the shortest way home . |
27 | Then he moved the black rook so that it sat solidly behind the white bishop , attacking it in response despite the presence of the white queen three squares behind the bishop . |
28 | Then he closed the white file in front of him with a snap . |
29 | Dezi 's visit to the showground continued with a canter around the main ring … and then he joined the grand parade . |
30 | Then he found the white posts marking each one , and could read some of the names . |