Example sentences of "then she [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she consigned the letter to the wastepaper basket . |
| 2 | Then she noted a curious twitching at the edge of Lady Merchiston 's bloodless lips and an intensity of the creases at the corners of her eyes . |
| 3 | Then she recognised the ball was in her court . |
| 4 | Then she skimmed the familiar awful writing . |
| 5 | Then she drank a glass of water and felt it trickle slowly down inside her as if she were a pipe . |
| 6 | She said it all , knowing perfectly well none of it was heard , and then she slept a little . |
| 7 | Then she blurted the thought out : ‘ D' you know I 've never thought of you as really English . |
| 8 | Then she forced a smile , and said , ‘ Of course , Damien : and proffered a cheek , averted as though she was expecting a blow . |
| 9 | Then she forced a carefully neutral expression on to her face , took a couple of very deep , steadying breaths , and left the bedroom . |
| 10 | Then she touched the Thing . |
| 11 | Then she posted the envelope into the assistant 's container . |
| 12 | Then she enjoyed a leisurely forty years with her husband Noel , a former army captain , who died at 103 . |
| 13 | These she slipped in her pocket , then she tidied the stuff away . |
| 14 | Then she lifted the receiver while still holding out her other hand for the dog to lick . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Then she thrust a foot against her husband 's side , saying , ‘ You had your answer , did n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | Then she realised the regular banging noise was someone knocking . |
| 18 | Then she balanced the bottle on the log , and went to the greenhouse . |
| 19 | Then she heaved the pails out of the trough and carried them into the dairy , pouring some of the milk carefully into wide pans for the cream to rise . |
| 20 | Then she seized the offering in her hands and began to eat . |
| 21 | Then she ruffled the parakeet 's crest and watched it peck a sunflower seed . |
| 22 | Then she dragged the body to the workbench and pushed it into the cupboard , head first . |
| 23 | Then she flirted a little too blatantly and Modi roared off to get drunk . |
| 24 | She paused a moment , looking worriedly across at the main entrance , and then she crossed the road . |
| 25 | Then she died a thousand deaths and was born again instantly as at last his lips came down to cover hers . |
| 26 | We did take a plant into her on the Saturday before she died , and then she died the following Saturday er and she . |
| 27 | Then she served a carbonnade of large cubes of beef and triangles of wholemeal bread spread with French mustard , the gravy tasting largely of Guinness . |
| 28 | And then she recalled the words Emilia Frere had spoken : You have not known a man … you have not suffered at their nakedness . |
| 29 | And then she recalled the time when she 'd just started her training , and one of her friends had fallen madly in love with a houseman , a rather conceited young man named Stewart . |
| 30 | Somehow then she recalled the couple of business cards which Cara had given her and , in the hope that the woman might take her card to the master of the house , she dived into her bag and extracted one from her wallet and extended it to the woman . |