Example sentences of "then he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he fell asleep . |
| 2 | Then he fell silent for a little while , as if in meditation . |
| 3 | Then he fell silent , as if he was thinking of some way to turn this promise into a purpose , and he added , in the barest of trembled whispers , ‘ As I am an eagle of Wrath do I promise it . |
| 4 | Then he fell ill and for several months was unfit for any work : the cost of medicines , the increase in debts , his feebleness when , too early , he returned to work , combined to make him look , a man in the stable-yard had said , ‘ like a living skeletal ’ . |
| 5 | And Andrew only uses pesticides and herbicides when there 's no alternative.Even then he uses minimum concentrations of chemical to avoid residues on the fruit or in the soil : |
| 6 | And then he uses same tea bag again . |
| 7 | Then he murdered fourteen women . |
| 8 | ‘ Then he sang two choruses from Nelly Dean and was sick in a bucket . ’ |
| 9 | Then he looked serious . |
| 10 | Then he looked kindly at Mary . |
| 11 | He got as far as twelve , then he looked puzzled . |
| 12 | Then he landed some distance off and stared at her . |
| 13 | Then he crossed this out and replaced it with : |
| 14 | But then he murmured half under his breath something to the effect that ‘ the boy had cost him much suffering ’ . |
| 15 | Then he made 38 runs in good time as Northern cashed in against the champions ' depleted bowling resources . |
| 16 | And then he made all sorts of tactless remarks about the state of the body . |
| 17 | Then he made this behaviour steadily more difficult for his birds by challenging them with blasts of air , or baths filled with water , or by making them push past weighted doors . |
| 18 | He only drank when he was worried , she claimed , then he became quarrelsome , but never with his friends . |
| 19 | Then he became aware of the eyes behind the steel-rimmed lenses gazing at him and felt uncomfortable . |
| 20 | Whilst on duty one Saturday afternoon during the early part of 1975 , he heard the sound of footsteps ascending the steps leading up to the box , then he became aware of the figure of a man about to enter the lobby or vestibule outside the door . |
| 21 | Then he became aware that Pete was very close to him . |
| 22 | Then he became aware of Carter 's two henchmen on either side of him . |
| 23 | Then he became aware of new faces floating high above him . |
| 24 | Then he became instrumental in a signal deliverance for his country . |
| 25 | He also lived at Pinner and erm then the work dried up and he first of all he did work was a postman at Christmas time , you know just as a thing and then he started you know then he became full time you know . |
| 26 | She tried to fob him off tactfully at first , but then he became brutal . |
| 27 | Then he became angry , and threatened that he would silence me forever , if I would not agree . |
| 28 | Then he felt resentful for being made to feel guilty , so that by the time he got back to the Questura all the benefits of his walk had been cancelled out . |
| 29 | Then he felt sick . |
| 30 | Then he felt embarrassed . |