Example sentences of "then he [verb] [art] " 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 Surprised into consciousness , alone in the black hemisphere , he cries until he laughs ; then he uses the chamberpot that Rosa readied , and goes back to sleep quickly , despite the pain .
6 Then he counted the rest of the money in the box and frowned .
7 He waited for an answer , then he whispered the words of forgiveness .
8 Then he locked the suite door and stumbled back to bed , listening to his drugged head whine like the empty telephone line .
9 Then he locked the door and kept the key himself .
10 Wycliffe opened the door , waited for her to switch out the lights and pass through , then he locked the door and pocketed the keys .
11 He balked slightly at that , then he tucked the tenners down his gauntlet and handed it over .
12 He looked one way , then he looked the other .
13 Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky .
14 Then he painted a completely different picture of the plant today … ‘ the new buildings are transforming Sellafield 's appearance .
15 Then he sniffed the air , took his brother 's arm , and allowed himself to be led away .
16 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 .
17 Then he met a man who had a goose for sale .
18 And then he kissed the rose petals , wiped the dew from her lips .
19 ‘ He had been making promises earlier in the week and then he rejected the idea yesterday . ’
20 Then he circled the building and crossed over to the big house .
21 A brief pause followed , then he asked a question .
22 ‘ She looks all right , ’ he said grudgingly , then he crossed the gangplank for a closer look .
23 Then he crossed the room and switched off the light .
24 Then he crossed the street in front of the National Gallery , glancing up at the massive edifice of the building in the process .
25 Then he crossed the room to collar a departing guest for some last words and they went out of the front door together .
26 Then he crossed the corridor to the murder room .
27 Then he heaved the stone out into the water and turned away , hearing the dull splash sound behind him .
28 He drank my drink because I said something about all the money he was always flashing around and then he made a dirty crack about …
29 Then he made a question mark away to the right on the same line .
30 It looks as if there was an opinion on high to leave Galileo alone , but then he made a mistake .
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