Example sentences of "then she [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let Ferdinando teach her how to judge an aubergine ripe and a chicken fresh and then she copied those older women she had seen for the rest . |
| 2 | Then she applied more make-up , and lifted her chin , ready to carry on the act of being happy . |
| 3 | But then she went all moody . |
| 4 | And then she had these these big baggy sort of trousers black grey and white then she had like black tights and red combat boots on . |
| 5 | Then she had another thought . |
| 6 | And if she thought she 'd get away with that , then she had another think coming , she realised swiftly when , his arrogance topping hers , he rapped bluntly , ‘ Tough ! |
| 7 | Then she heard all of them , crashing through brush and low branches as they followed her towards the road . |
| 8 | But then she heard another faint groan and saw that a figure was sprawled immobile across the double bed in the centre of the room . |
| 9 | But just then she heard another shout . |
| 10 | Then she heard this crash . |
| 11 | And then she got another train in Birmingham . |
| 12 | " Her income has been dwindling , " Jenny said , " and then she made some bad investments . |
| 13 | Then she took another step forward , ‘ What would you say were your political views ? ’ |
| 14 | I wanted you to know how important you are ; how much I care about you — value you ; and … . ’ her voice quivered and stopped , but then she took another breath and finished her declaration steadily enough : ‘ and how much I want you . ’ |
| 15 | And then she took half a roll |
| 16 | Then she noticed some small green shoots coming up through the grass . |
| 17 | He must send a lot of flowers — but then she knew that already . |
| 18 | Then she brought both hands back to her lips and spread her arms expansively , before bringing them back together and pushing her fists forward at waist-height as she rocked on her haunches ; then the banana sign , clearer and more distinct this time , both hands finally coming together with the fingers bent , a rough but distinct letter B. |
| 19 | Then she saw another door , a door that was only forty centimetres high . |
| 20 | But then she produced another harpy-bat shrieked and vanished from screen . |
| 21 | Then she opened both hands at the same moment . |
| 22 | And then she opened some very successful boutiques , and married this very posh , good-looking English psychiatrist ? |
| 23 | Then she dismissed both speculations . |
| 24 | Ellie leaned up and kissed her brother on the cheek , then she put both hands on his biceps . |
| 25 | Then she reported another bit of foolishness : she had concealed and taken home a knife which had been sent to Eliot . |
| 26 | Aunt Margaret brushed her hair with the silver-backed brush which , like Winnie the Pooh , had survived the crash ; she brushed and brushed until Melanie 's black hair swirled like the Thames in flood , and then she floated all the daisies on it . |
| 27 | Then she threw all his clothes into the swimming pool , and then pushed him in as well . |
| 28 | Then she hurled some money at the stallkeeper , grabbed loaves and other food , and jumped on the moving train . |
| 29 | and erm then she wanted some more Argos vouchers so I 'll have them |