Example sentences of "then he [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
| 2 | Then he fell to with relish . |
| 3 | Then he fell in the mud … ) |
| 4 | And then he fell in love — with a woman . |
| 5 | Then he froze with alarm as the full implication of the sound hit him . |
| 6 | Then he dragged in the two devil dogs and left them guarding the door so Mr Mounsa could n't leave , Liverpool Crown Court was told . |
| 7 | Then he tottered to the home , polybag empty of crusts . |
| 8 | Then he paused for a moment . |
| 9 | Blattern the postman walked slowly across the green , more slowly than ever , whilst Alida waited , twitching at the curtains , and then he paused at their gate before walking past . |
| 10 | Then he paused before demanding , ‘ Answer me this … if it was an accident and you 're not a vandal , but rather , as you would clearly have me believe , an honest , decent , upright citizen , why did you try to sneak away ? |
| 11 | Then he paused before slowly going through it and closing the door quietly after him . |
| 12 | Rickie was literally dancing in circles around me as I walked down the dock towards his sister , but then he paused in his frenetic progress to light one cigarette from the stump of another , and I wondered just what perverted fate decreed that such a boy should receive a legacy of six million dollars . |
| 13 | Then he sang to me . |
| 14 | Then he tucked into the ‘ pan fried calves liver with sauted apples served with a crisp stir fry of mange tout . ’ |
| 15 | Then he looked at Jinny . |
| 16 | Then he looked at the linen she was holding across her arms , and she followed his gaze and said , as she motioned her hand towards the door , ‘ This … this is our house too . |
| 17 | Then he looked at Shanti , who smiled , and he said ‘ Enchanting ! ’ |
| 18 | Then he looked at me . |
| 19 | He shot a glance at Ellen , making sure that she had understood him as well as Thessy , then he looked at his watch and shouted for Bellybutton to start up one of the workboats . |
| 20 | Then he looked at me . |
| 21 | Then he looked at her , raising his eyebrows . |
| 22 | Then he looked at what he had dealt . |
| 23 | Then he looked at Pipkin , huddled into a fold of sand , more panic.stricken and helpless than any rabbit he had ever seen . |
| 24 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 25 | Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself . |
| 26 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
| 27 | Then he looked at Alexei . |
| 28 | Then he looked at Rilla . |
| 29 | But then he looked at Chen and saw how his friend 's eyes urged him to take Karr 's hand . |
| 30 | He chose the blackjack from a selection on a velvet tray , and then he looked at some handcuffs — real ones , this time , but heavier than regulation and suggestive of overkill . |