Example sentences of "then she [vb past] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now and then she lifted an eyeglass up and peered through it for a moment , and , evidently finding it useless at this distance , let it fall again , shaking her head in a frustrated way . |
| 2 | Then she had an idea . |
| 3 | Then she had an obsession with changing the political map in the guise of union bashing , she also smashed the engineering industry , especially in the North . |
| 4 | Then she had an older one about five and a half so she had four girls . |
| 5 | You get Ann , senile dementia , they had to get the taps off the gas fire because she kept turning it on and off without it being lit again , found wandering in her nightclothes , injustice , and then we found Eileen , who was in an upstairs room , yes she enjoyed that life for about five years , great council house then she had an accident and then because she could n't re-house her , she was a virtual prisoner inside her own home that she 'd made up . |
| 6 | Then she married an American . |
| 7 | Then she heard an enormous crash , a bomb exploding somewhere very near , a great roar of shattering glass and , after a moment 's stillness , screaming , ear-splitting , horrible screaming , from just over her head . |
| 8 | There was a moment 's silence , and then she heard an unfamiliar voice . |
| 9 | Then she heard an outer door close , and guessed that refreshment had been delivered . |
| 10 | Doreen 's eyes continued to dart from one to the other ; then she made an attempt to put Lucy in her place by reminding her that she was merely a member of the staff . |
| 11 | Then she saw an elderly Sister and made another enquiry . |
| 12 | Just then she saw an animal in the water near her . |
| 13 | But then she saw an office at the corridor 's end , and it was occupied . |
| 14 | Then she shouted an obscene suggestion at 65-year-old Jack and sped off . |
| 15 | Then she did an unheard-of thing , she threw the ladle itself onto the white cloth and stalked from the room , leaving Agnes looking towards the door that had banged closed and thinking , Goodness me ! |
| 16 | Then she smiled an acknowledgement and dropped an eyelid in half a wink . |