Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Then I locked the Laboratory door , kept all the staff in the main hall , and waited there until Dr. Kerrison arrived . |
2 | Then I twisted the film and note together into a paper towel and went out to try to find Bill Baudelaire , reckoning it might be all right to speak to him casually down on ground level since Filmer was n't there to see . |
3 | Well , I have practised yoga for many years , but then I met a Jesuit priest who had been sent to the Far East by the Catholic Church to experience the Buddhist way and see how it might relate to Catholic worship . |
4 | ‘ Then I met a man . |
5 | And then I met a few . |
6 | Then I met an Arab who gave me 200 francs and my ambition was never to come back to England again . |
7 | Then I lifted the foot and as I explored further I found a tender area in the superficial flexor . |
8 | Then I discovered a section on sailing vessels and decided that travelling the world by schooner was going to be my main occupation post-release . |
9 | Then I discovered a button missing from the shirt I had planned to wear . |
10 | Then I discovered the Bulgarian women 's choirs , ‘ Le Mystre Des Voix Bulgares ’ — it 's really funny to hear this stuff come screaming out of your subconscious and out through the amplifier … |
11 | The till was now 20 deep with impatient customers clutching their coffee pots and blenders — and then I discovered the real bane of the shop assistant 's life : The Haggler . |
12 | Then I cooked the breakfast . |
13 | I did most of them but then I left the sheet at home , sign that bit . |
14 | Then I left the phone off the hook . |
15 | Then I left the surveying surveyor civil engineering I went in the black gang . |
16 | I felt very wicked taking them to a pawnbroker , and then I sent the money to Giulia . |
17 | Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it . |
18 | Then I had a bright idea — why not go home to see if any more rubbish was available . |
19 | I put my photos up and then I had a little rest . |
20 | In the back of one of my homemade guitars I used a bit of thin foam , rolled up tight , to hold a battery in place ; then I had a brainwave to use a piece of this and lay it across the springs , between them and the rear plate . |
21 | Then I had a ‘ phone call from Mark , ‘ Can I come and see you ? |
22 | I did hairdressing for five years and then I had a job as a manicurist at Claridges . |
23 | ‘ We had left it late to try for children , and then I had a miscarriage , ’ says Veronica . |
24 | As of right then I had a start on the police . |
25 | Then I had a mini-mohican . |
26 | Then I had a boyfriend and I went to stay with him . |
27 | Hugh says : ‘ I felt very proud and fertile at first , but then I had a terrible sweaty hot night thinking about the responsibility . |
28 | Then I had a call from my agent saying that Warren had fired me . |
29 | Then I had a snack and watched telly . ’ |
30 | Even then I had a premonition of danger , of menace . |