Example sentences of "then i [vb base] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 2 | Then I put the key on the chest of drawers , and left . ’ |
| 3 | I followed him , Lily , and then — I could n't believe it — I saw where he 'd a desk key hidden , so then I put the books down sudden , and bent double . |
| 4 | I did n't give him a chance to say anything , just said I was coming to his place right that minute , and then I put the phone down . ’ |
| 5 | I closed my eyes and listened to the cracks and smashes until one especially loud thump ended in a low buzz telephones do n't usually make ; then I put the phone down again , turned , looked upward , and set wearily off , back up the stairs . |
| 6 | so it 's obvious what you did , and then I put the name |
| 7 | If the Macs of the mid-line are on song then I fancy the Scots to nail a win . |
| 8 | that , that Pat 's having him , so erm , what I 'll erm what , what we 'll do then we can leave Duke over there and then I catch the , the train straight from work |
| 9 | photographs to the drawings , then I write the technical explanation of how artwork that interrelates with each other . |
| 10 | Perhaps I 've tended to avoid them but then I avoid the English as well , and the Irish … ’ |
| 11 | Then he does n't take any thing , then I get the ten thousand pounds . |
| 12 | Scrape it , then I get the Jif on my finger , you know round the cloth round the finger |
| 13 | Then I remember the shout of ‘ Billy Roles ’ place is going up now'' — this was Roles the Builders whose yard was opposite the laundry . |
| 14 | Then I remember the unopened letters , the reminders from the grey and fog-bound north . |
| 15 | And then I remember the crowds of people below my window , who shouted : ‘ Long live love ! ’ |
| 16 | Then I remember the mike on the door . |
| 17 | Then I remember the dream . |
| 18 | I hope that , that the assembly will not take this addendum and then I hope the two boards concerned will take on the issue as Mr suggested . |
| 19 | ‘ Then I like the carpenter best — if he did n't eat so many as the walrus . ’ |
| 20 | But then I hear the voice , larger than all illusion |
| 21 | Then I hear the guy laugh downstairs and what really woke me was the dog . |
| 22 | Then I hear the line go dead . |
| 23 | ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat . |
| 24 | Then I declare the meeting closed . ’ |
| 25 | Then I let the dog out , stand well back and wait while nature takes its course . |
| 26 | Then I let the dogs off their chains . |
| 27 | Then I let the lines go . |
| 28 | Well then I have the inspector . |
| 29 | Sukarno regained importance as consensus figure : ‘ If it should ever turn out that Sjahrir is not maintaining the demand for 100 per cent Merdeka … then I have the right to dismiss him ’ , he told a wildly cheering crowd on 17 February 1946 . |
| 30 | ‘ For , ’ said the Robemaker , softly and slyly , ‘ if the Geimhreadh has the voracious appetites of all her race and seeks to suck dry every man who comes into her power , then I have the carnal appetites of Men . ’ |