Example sentences of "then they [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that night , Tuesday , 24 August 1773 , they talked of murderers being hanged — Lord Errol must have had a fund of such stories : he was the Lord High Constable of Scotland ; then they drank port , and were seen to their rooms by their host himself . |
| 2 | Then they heard Mother calling : ‘ Bobbie ! ’ |
| 3 | And then they had Boxing Day dinner . |
| 4 | Then they had tea after , they had sausage and chips and stuff afterwards . |
| 5 | It was she who , commenting on the Sharon Tate murder in August 1969 , said ‘ Dig it , first they killed those pigs , then they ate dinner in the same room with them , then they even shoved a fork into a victim 's stomach ! |
| 6 | There were three rows with his father , behind closed doors , then they reached agreement . |
| 7 | Then they brought food in and laid it inside her shelter . |
| 8 | Then they made jam tarts . |
| 9 | Then they made fun of him in mock homage , spitting at him and hitting him . |
| 10 | The king 's army marched until nightfall ; then they made camp . |
| 11 | Instead , they wiped the value of pensioner 's savings with rampant inflation , then they made water a priority , and then they cut the capital investment by a third . |
| 12 | but then they said work , they wo n't let them , the money that they 've got on council houses , they wo n't let them spend it you see that ? |
| 13 | Then they became part of the family-Ellwood as paterfamilias . |
| 14 | The conversation carried on for half an hour and then they parted company as she went to work and he went off to his job . |
| 15 | ‘ South , then they turned east . |
| 16 | Now and then they lost sight of him below the skyline . |
| 17 | Then they lost lock Jim Keller ( shoulder ) and wing Barry Tofaeono ( leg ) late in the first half and just before the finish , and brought on two more newcomers , flanker Mark Vander Molen and wing Via Anatoni . |
| 18 | Then they used water mixed with vinegar in a syringe to rinse the cavity clear , sitting her up so that the residue could run out through her nose . |
| 19 | In the front in Stirling 's jeep , Johnny Cooper fired off the Very lights , causing the whole formation to wheel right or left , and then they opened fire . |
| 20 | There was a cry to halt , then they opened fire , but he was just outside their range ; bullets kicked up the snow about five yards away to his left . |