Example sentences of "then [pron] just [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happened in Liverpool when Liverpool were playing ho oh , Nottingham Forest , and what happened was is that there was extra fans coming in to the ground and the police let them in and then everyone just started to get squashed and all that . |
| 2 | I signed myself in and then I just went . |
| 3 | Then I just went back too sleep again . |
| 4 | Well I could n't see anything , er because there was a lot of cloud , and then I just heard this sort of bang , and then it was just silent . |
| 5 | Then I just got involved and you realise the guys are working so hard , getting up so early . |
| 6 | I had rehearsed all the routine for the South America job , then I just got a bit panicky ; the captain tried to talk me back into it . |
| 7 | So then I just had a drive round all the sites . |
| 8 | Brenda 's turn is structured as a telling of a series of events which followed the initial exchange between her and the boy : " then I just laughed , and then " e pulled me for a dance … and then we started to talk … |
| 9 | Well , now I 'd know what to do but then I just looked at him for help , and said , ‘ I do n't know any . |
| 10 | Then I just rushed out of the pub and started runnin' , then you got in me way and knocked me over and sprained me ankle . ’ |
| 11 | I was a chargehand and then I just drifted into being a Redcoat , and getting up and doing five minutes on stage and enjoying it . |
| 12 | But then I just told you that . |
| 13 | It certainly shook me when you came downstairs , but then I just thought my people might be away , and have let the cottage . |
| 14 | Erm , and then I just thought I 'd finally conclude a bright , cos I think it , it 's like how I see myself at work , erm with showing you where our work comes from erm and basically you 've got all these arrows coming in and er sometimes you do have a sense of feeling quite bombarded with requests for work , but the main , I mean the main formal source of our work is the local government sub committee , which is erm , like Mary was referring to earlier , every department or unit in our in the Council have to formally report and get it 's work through by a Council committee , our committee is the local government sub committee and it formally sets our work programme once a year , and I our priorities , it also comes up with other things it would like us to do by the way , during the course of the year , so erm , that includes Mary as well . . |
| 15 | Well I , I thought it was the peanut butter you see , and then I just thought what you said last night . |
| 16 | I had about two mouthfuls and then I just thought , no , I 'm going home . |
| 17 | It was n't a very full list cos erm er it did n't occur to me until about seven o'clock this evening that I had to go out quite soon and then I just ran around frantically doing things . |
| 18 | For maybe 30 , 35 minutes I tried that and then I just felt it slowing . |
| 19 | Then I just felt so tired I thought I 'd have an early night . |
| 20 | I just , I just felt that it was the cream the other night , and then I just felt oh , you |
| 21 | For a few horrible moments I thought the motor would n't fire , but after several pulls it caught , then I just hooked my overnight bag over one shoulder , took the tiller and made for the shore , which looked so close that I felt I could have swum across . ’ |
| 22 | ( ‘ I could n't make up my mind whether I wanted it or not , and then I just panicked . ’ ) |
| 23 | And then I just stopped . |
| 24 | I pretended something was wrong with the bed , and then I just turned and ran . |
| 25 | Then I just sat on the floor and wept for Granny , and for myself . |
| 26 | We wrote these extraordinary shows , and then I just put on a dinner-jacket , started singing and gave them up . ’ |
| 27 | Then I just started to laugh the woman next door and I fucking wet myself laughing |
| 28 | Yeah you just came out the loo and then you just said Amy . |
| 29 | And then you just got another pair and you put another pair like that until you had five . |
| 30 | On either side , and then you just looked and shoved that out and then on you went . |