Example sentences of "then he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 That did n't go down very well an' then 'e asked me why .
2 Then 'e ses ter me , ‘ Jus ' so 's yer do n't ferget , ’ then 'e put me lights out . ’
3 Then he left them and joined a small local firm of advisers , contacted me again and recommended another insurance company — Scottish Amicable .
4 Then he left her .
5 Then he left her , and she watched him go : he had yellow hair , unmistakable yellow hair , and she said to herself , there goes a public school boy .
6 And then he left her alone , climbing the wooden stairs to what she would later learn were his own makeshift quarters on the floor above .
7 Then he left her and went to bed .
8 And then he left her and he went with this three masted top schooner she was , very fine ship .
9 Then he left her side , cantering to where some of the party needed guidance in the right direction .
10 then he left his wife
11 Then he tapped his temple significantly .
12 Then he dragged her close again and bent his head to kiss her .
13 Then he dragged them out into the cockpit , making one corner fast to the main sheet winch on the cabin roof and one to the starboard jib winch .
14 Then he dragged himself through the crowds to a quiet cranny of the Ibis Boat Club at Chiswick .
15 Then he dragged it away to the drawing-room .
16 Then he tells me about the clothes allowance , and then I know why Sue looks so dishy three times a week , and then I start to salivate because you get to keep them !
17 Now , by this point Nick was n't sure if it was all some ghastly joke or not , and then he realized what had happened .
18 ‘ Where did you get the Hell 's Angels outfit ? ’ he asked , then he realized what he 'd said .
19 This time the interruption came from a man in the front row of the audience , a tall man who was leaning forward , and George looked at him , feeling less hostility than the woman who had shouted at him earlier had created ; and then he realized it was because he spoke in an educated voice .
20 As soon as he got out and about he was going round the house looking for you and then he just stood at the bottom of the stairs and banged until I took him upstairs and he could have a look round up there and then he realized you were n't there
21 Then he realized she was referring to sex .
22 He laughed in agreement , thinking she was speaking in irony ; then he realized she was not .
23 Then he locked his father in a grip Ray himself would have been proud of .
24 Then he locked it .
25 And then he looked me straight in the face , ‘ One day , soon , Nicky , God 's spirit is going to deal with you .
26 Then he looked her in the eye .
27 Then he looked her up and down appraisingly .
28 Then he looked it up and found it was some priceless Tsarist cross he 'd turned down .
29 Then he painted his picture .
30 His navigational skills were required at Rió Grande and it was then he painted his Learjet with the name Ángel de Muerte , on both sides , so that on the radio beamed to the English they could say the Ángel of Death was coming with his French missiles loaded to kill . ’
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