Example sentences of "then he [vb past] the " in BNC.
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1 | And then he left the conference with the closing statement : ‘ There 's nothing at all in what I 've said to suggest there is anything improper . ’ |
2 | He hovered a moment in complete contempt for the law of gravity and then he left the cell . |
3 | Then he left the room and went to find the nurse who had been the unworthy recipient of his evil temper . |
4 | He slipped it around Connelly 's chin and tugged it tight across his mouth , gagging him , then he dragged the agent upright . |
5 | Then he counted the rest of the money in the box and frowned . |
6 | He waited for an answer , then he whispered the words of forgiveness . |
7 | Then he locked the suite door and stumbled back to bed , listening to his drugged head whine like the empty telephone line . |
8 | Then he locked the door and kept the key himself . |
9 | Wycliffe opened the door , waited for her to switch out the lights and pass through , then he locked the door and pocketed the keys . |
10 | He balked slightly at that , then he tucked the tenners down his gauntlet and handed it over . |
11 | He looked one way , then he looked the other . |
12 | Then he sniffed the air , took his brother 's arm , and allowed himself to be led away . |
13 | Then he landed the role of Sparky in John Arden 's Sergeant Musgrave 's Dance ( produced in London seven years previously in 1959 ) for Peter Cook 's company at the Theater-de-Lys in Christopher Street , Greenwich Village . |
14 | And then he kissed the rose petals , wiped the dew from her lips . |
15 | ‘ He had been making promises earlier in the week and then he rejected the idea yesterday . ’ |
16 | ‘ Then he circled the building and crossed over to the big house . |
17 | ‘ She looks all right , ’ he said grudgingly , then he crossed the gangplank for a closer look . |
18 | Then he crossed the room and switched off the light . |
19 | Then he crossed the street in front of the National Gallery , glancing up at the massive edifice of the building in the process . |
20 | Then he crossed the room to collar a departing guest for some last words and they went out of the front door together . |
21 | Then he crossed the corridor to the murder room . |
22 | Then he heaved the stone out into the water and turned away , hearing the dull splash sound behind him . |
23 | Boy wound down the window so that he could see the stars better , and then he made the man kiss him , right there . |
24 | Then he made the point that ‘ all this shows how rapidly the industrialisation of the country is proceeding and how clear the simultaneous process of the socialisation of the whole economy is . ’ |
25 | Then he made the small finger-gesture , as among professionals , for ‘ switching clients ’ . |
26 | Then He made the blossoms . |
27 | Er then he made the I 'd better cut back to the business card because you jumped into the statement of purpose erm you assum er there was an assumed er was okay erm I put superb and I ca n't remember what that actually was there . |
28 | Then he led the way back to the castle . |
29 | And then he felt the music 's pull again , and thought that had n't they summoned Fael-Inis to help them , and was n't it sensible to obey him ? |
30 | Then he felt the floor tremble beneath his feet , and a deep throated rumble rose from the bowels of the building . |