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 .
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