Example sentences of "then [vb past] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless a William Sacheville , presumably Richard 's son , then lived at Mothecombe and his daughter Elizabeth married Andrew Stretchley . |
| 2 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
| 3 | Barney Moss grinned , then winked at Doyle . |
| 4 | He hummed softly to himself , and then winked at Irina . |
| 5 | Gloria wrapped a corner of it round her index finger , spat to make it wet , then dabbed at Dot 's cheeks till they were sore . |
| 6 | The Sergeant glowered at Rincewind , and then peered at Twoflower with interest . |
| 7 | And with that he turned around , walked to the door , again turned , then shouted at Dad : |
| 8 | ‘ Not much trouble here — ’ he began then shouted at Lucy , ‘ Get back from the edge ! ’ |
| 9 | His great love was chemistry , which he then studied at Heidelberg and Marburg . |
| 10 | He then fired at Pc Kelly through the police car windscreen , and as the officer lay injured across the front seat walked up to the car , put his hand on the roof to steady himself and emptied the gun into the officer 's body . |
| 11 | She then arrived at Zaidie 's house followed by the defendant . |
| 12 | When two minutes had passed he motioned Joseph to stay flat , then nodded at Chuck , and they both stood up simultaneously , their rifles at their shoulders . |
| 13 | Omi picked up the phone , said ‘ Karl ’ a couple of times , then frowned at Frau Nordern . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's like talking to a robot , ’ Graham hissed then glanced at Jenkins and Laidlaw . |
| 15 | He watched as Siban went out through the door , and then glanced at Alexei . |
| 16 | Ben drew up the car and then glanced at Zoe . |
| 17 | She stared at him , then glanced at Scathach and smiled . |
| 18 | ‘ So , what brings you here ? ’ she asked Guido , then glanced at Ronni . |
| 19 | Replacing the phone he stared at it for a moment , then glanced at Bodie , who was waiting apprehensively for the news from the hospital . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll do my best , ’ Sophie promised , then glanced at Joanna . |
| 21 | One who then worked at Moscow University , Nguyen Khanh Toan , suggests that during his Moscow years he was provided with a Russian wife . |
| 22 | Again she speeded up until she was almost running , then laughed at Ember 's wry expression as the whole thing developed into a silly race . |
| 23 | Joseph frowned , then looked at Chuck in puzzlement . |
| 24 | When they were shown to a table in a side-booth , Marianne slid in beside Dane , then looked at Shae with a cool little smile . |
| 25 | I mean — ’ She shook her head , then looked at Aggie , saying now , ‘ If you did n't say it so often , I would n't either . ’ |
| 26 | Weis withdrew his hand , then looked at DeVore again and smiled . |
| 27 | Theodora then looked at Ian . |
| 28 | He waved out the match , gazed at it thoughtfully for a moment , dropped it into the ashtray and then looked at Herr Nordern . |
| 29 | ‘ We then looked at individuals and then started talking to four or five venture capital companies as well as merchant banks . |
| 30 | Then looked at Carrie . |