Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Slipper shook the Bookman 's hand , then wiped it clean on his hanky . |
| 2 | Dave talked right on and over the start of the lyric , and then made it worse by trying to pretend that his mistake was intentional . |
| 3 | He then made it clear to the FA that he was unhappy with Parker 's handling of the game . |
| 4 | Asquith then made it clear that he would do nothing to assist the Conservatives . |
| 5 | I then appointed him Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury . ’ |
| 6 | The man then asked her some gentle questions . |
| 7 | For example , in fifteen fifty seven/eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundred pounds to six hundred , and that 's entirely because they pulled in awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 8 | For example , in fifteen fifty-seven , eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundreds pounds to six hundred and that 's entirely because they pulled in an awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 9 | There were repeated instances , in fact , of assaults on policemen who then found it necessary to draw their truncheons and fight their way out of a crowd . |
| 10 | She twisted away from him and backed over to the door , and then cracked it open , and peered out into the hall . |
| 11 | ‘ When I was still involved with Vernons , we participated in the introduction of the lotteries in both New York and Sydney , and our experience then told me that football pools would be swept away should lotteries ever come to Britain . |
| 12 | It looked through the small door window , asked what was going on , and then told them all to stand back . |
| 13 | And sewed on the sewing machine and then painted them all with raw linseed oil but raw linseed oil took a long while to dry but they soft . |
| 14 | But dithering Charles then messed it all up — by missing his chance to be in the official happy-family photo . |
| 15 | She closed her eyes again , wondering how long , and then opened them wide , staring in disbelief as he withdrew from her , his act far from complete , got up and with the purest gesture of impatience she had ever seen , threw an Oriental robe of some kind in garish , tribal colours , around his shoulders . |
| 16 | He fed the slot , dialled Jack Ashdown 's number , and then fed it some more . |
| 17 | Hardly able to hold the putter , he then knocked it three feet past ! ’ |
| 18 | He then knocked it three feet past ! |
| 19 | So I sprinkled this stuff inside every pair of knickers in the drawer and then folded them all up again carefully . ’ |
| 20 | Doing as she had bid herself , she walked into the cottage and then spoilt it all by slamming the door . |
| 21 | He slid the ramrod out , jammed it down the long barrel , then pulled it free . |
| 22 | Norman led them both and then lost them both . |
| 23 | There was a woman who wanted me to call her mother , and then called me awkward , exasperated and frightened with the dreams and the screams . |
| 24 | British Airways then flew me free of charge to Paris , where the Niger authorities gave me permission to cross their territory . |
| 25 | It arrived at the sixth , where he drove into the lake , picked out his ball under penalty , then hit it 260 yards with his 1-iron straight into the hole . |
| 26 | He then brought me another hot dog and a bowl of chili . |
| 27 | Dropping her head , she tugged a brush vigorously through the rippling red-gold , and then tossed it all back in a wild wavy curtain . |
| 28 | As he lived in the city , Mr Coary drove me up to the Noones ’ for my bag and then took me all the way back to O'Brien 's Hotel in Dublin , where I had stayed long before . |
| 29 | One used tansy leaves : ‘ You dried them and then rubbed them atween your hands . |
| 30 | Werewolf placed one of the paint pistols in my belt holster , then offered me one of the pennants . |