Example sentences of "then she [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was always moaning and complaining , she was always ill with something , then she died of leukaemia . ’ |
| 2 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 3 | And then she went to sleep again until ten , on our bed . |
| 4 | Then she went to bed exhausted and , for the first time since her terror started , slept well . |
| 5 | Then she went to bed . |
| 6 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 7 | A doctor came , and said the same thing , then she went off duty for lunch . |
| 8 | Then she grinned at Nanny . |
| 9 | Then she got into bed and lay there , waiting . |
| 10 | She took off the wire that held the cork in position and put the bottle beside her , then she set to work . |
| 11 | She sighed to herself and smiled to herself at Auntie 's mistake ; and then she set to work with Auntie 's sewing-machine . |
| 12 | She had no wish for Doreen to accompany them during this rare opportunity to be alone with Silas ; then she sighed with relief as his next words rang like bells in her ears . |
| 13 | Then she nodded with decision and rose from her chair . |
| 14 | Then she relapsed into gloom . |
| 15 | At first Buzz saw nothing , but then she gasped in horror . |
| 16 | Then she stood on tiptoe , kissed me and was gone . |
| 17 | Then she turned to Xanthe whom she could avoid kissing , to keep her unbathed body away from the young girl 's groomed presence as far as she was able without coldness . |
| 18 | For a moment she could n't think what he meant , then she remembered with dismay that she 'd already asked him to join her and Elaine and a few of the island friends they 'd made on the new power-boat Stephen had treated them to as the hotel neared completion . |