Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 2 | Mrs Files picked up a tea cloth , buried her face in it , laughing , then shook it at him with delighted outrage . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ They tried to batter me into taking the job , then rang me at home and tried again . |
| 4 | He drew on his cigar carefully , then waved it at the major . |
| 5 | She once again passed Drew in the street at about 5.10 and then saw him at the theatre at 6.30 , when he came into her dressing room to ask if his make-up was correct . |
| 6 | I did it there originally and then did it at festivals all over the country . |
| 7 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 8 | One inmate then aimed it at the perimeter fence of trouble-torn Lindholme jail , Doncaster , as other prisoners pelted warders with bricks . |
| 9 | It flicked behind each dimpled knee ; and then scourged her at intervals from her pretty ankles to her shoulder blades . |
| 10 | If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen . |
| 11 | Benin embraced Werner then held him at arm 's length . |