Example sentences of "then it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this was a genetic accident , then it had tremendous significance in regard to unintentional evolution to homeothermy and great species longevity . |
| 2 | East Anglia and the South-West continued to grow , as did the South-East until 1966 , then it experienced net loss owing to the massive haemorrhage from the capital . |
| 3 | Then it seemed weak . |
| 4 | Then it seemed unkind to leave Daisy out , so she was invited too . |
| 5 | All I had ever known was that very dull — at least , now I call it dull , then it seemed secure and eternal — but life at the vicarage was dull . ’ |
| 6 | I just thought of the poem , standing there , and then it seemed clear . |
| 7 | Then it grew louder . |
| 8 | And … and then it felt all wrong again … |
| 9 | Well , we got friendly , Mary and me , and it just happened , then it became regular like … ’ |
| 10 | Then it became softer , and died away . |
| 11 | Then it became apparent that the advertised service to London every 15 minutes had been reduced to a 30-minute service . |
| 12 | Then it became apparent that she was holding to some other lodestar . |
| 13 | Then it became obvious that she was in trouble . |
| 14 | Then it became darker , the trees denser , thicker , hemming them in on all sides as Thomas guided their horses along some secret path known only to him . |
| 15 | Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures . |
| 16 | Then it became clear . |
| 17 | Then it became ten performances , same fee . |
| 18 | in the morning nice and sunny , then it came darker . |
| 19 | I mean erm going to school I used to dream about it and then it came true , you know , I mean . |
| 20 | And then it went five hundred plus . |
| 21 | but at the beginning of the morning it were cold and then it went warmer |
| 22 | Then it went dead . |
| 23 | We waited for an hour and a quarter but then it got dark . |
| 24 | and then it got , and then it got smashed . |
| 25 | Then it got slower and slower . |
| 26 | Nevertheless AFHQ was not informed that the Croats had been turned back until the morning of 16 May , and even then it took some time for the information to be fully taken in by all branches concerned . |
| 27 | I think it said five six seven eight nine ten or summat on one side and then it said six seven eight nine on other side . |
| 28 | About four hours came home when it rained and then it stayed dry |
| 29 | First , it enabled clueless people to quote ‘ soul ’ , then it allowed intelligent people to get away with expressing fake emotions . |
| 30 | I 'd like to say that I remember something about the rest of that walk but I do n't , only that it rained , then it rained some more , and when it got fed up with that , it rained again . |