Example sentences of "then it [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 You must have skidded over it one way and then it tipped back and put up this sort of tooth , like a ratchet , look . ’
2 Then it turns out that Patrick rather likes it after all .
3 But then it turns out that the female lead , his wife Jenny Standish ( née Bunn ) , unreservedly cherishes their cat .
4 And then it splits again and splits again .
5 I gave it a coat yesterday morning and then it hardened up and I rubbed it down with a bit of fine wire wool today
6 If we look at the budget on page 147 in percentage terms then it breaks down as follows :
7 there , there , there be fighting and shoving and pushing for the power and then it says there that it will look as though the , the north king will take all over , all over the what , what spread all over the earth and then it says gradually he will go right back to his ho go home , gradually will be stepping back , right back to his home and there 's going to be no helper for him
8 and then it came down and then er
9 And then it went on and Tug stopped thinking about the quality of the sound .
10 If it ca n't get out from the surface of the skin then it goes underneath and gets these great lumps which are very poisonous .
11 So Mr is actually going to er talk about that but I just wanted to go through a little sort of resolution , I mean if , if you looked at it , if you looked at number one , it says express this opposition to further expansion and then it goes on and lists Stansted and Luton , but this expansion goes now I mean Stansted is expanding erm daily .
12 it , it cuts down like that , then it goes off then it starts again , then it goes off and then goes
13 and then it stays on until you 've closed the door and locked it , you know
14 And then it plunged down and down and down .
15 Then it surged upwards and forwards with a noise like a washing machine spinning itself to oblivion , and crashed into the underside of the platform .
16 At this moment the soil at the far end of the burrow began to crumble inwards : then it fell away and Silver 's head and front paws appeared .
17 It became very wet as I carried water to the beasts because there were some very rough days and then it flared out and froze .
18 Where it 's going up and then it levels out and it comes down .
19 Then it happened again and I checked the fuel filter and discovered that is was contaminated .
20 Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin .
21 He said I bet it 's that that 's been , oh and then it jumped down and ran corner at g where ch caravan is , he said I bet that 's what 's been eating your bloody daffodil bulbs and that .
22 I 'd , actually I think the problem is that you get the odd week er , and even the odd month , where things look better erm , but , but overall , then it slips again and er , overall erm , the end of February , there 's no sign that , that volume is increasing from the previous year .
23 A , a big pond and used for watering erm the cattle and erm then it silted up and erm got neglected and people naturally just threw things into it .
24 And then it comes on and by the time two or three o'clock I I 'm I 'm a wreck , even
25 Ah but th th th there 's a rack and w one goes on and holds the horn post up to the boot while it 's driven , then it comes out and there 's two , one 's half a tooth , so it ensures one or the other 's in , and they work like that .
26 Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water .
27 Then it yawned so that its fangs showed .
28 Then there was voices , and then it sounded as if the boot went down and then there was the doors bang again and then it revved off and it was n't long it came back .
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