Example sentences of "then i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 2 | Then I walked across empty fields for some hours until I reached a village . |
| 3 | Then I walked towards the room just as loud applause was heard . |
| 4 | Declarative sentences identical except for different incompatible terms in parallel syntactic positions ( besides those used in the test ) are frequently in a contrary relationship : if I cycled to work is true , then I walked to work is false , but if I cycled to work is false , then I walked to work may be either true or false . |
| 5 | Declarative sentences identical except for different incompatible terms in parallel syntactic positions ( besides those used in the test ) are frequently in a contrary relationship : if I cycled to work is true , then I walked to work is false , but if I cycled to work is false , then I walked to work may be either true or false . |
| 6 | I heard the Allman Brothers ’ first album once and was n't impressed ; then I listened to it again , and wham — it got me ! |
| 7 | Then I waited at the barrier , the motley flesh around me all pulsing with welcome . |
| 8 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 9 | Then I waited for orders . |
| 10 | Then I stepped into the sea , and swam to Blefuscu . |
| 11 | I was diplomatically ill for a few days and then I returned to my normal work . |
| 12 | Then I returned to the tinker camp and sought out the same woman . |
| 13 | and then I returned to Rhodesia again |
| 14 | So then I had on the train . |
| 15 | Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months . |
| 16 | ‘ I decided then I had to be fit and hungry when I next played . |
| 17 | And then I had to th the shower just came , you know came to pieces in our hand , as it were it was not working as a shower so a plumber had to come Mr Butcher came into me |
| 18 | And then I had about a a a two mile walk to pit bottom , you see . |
| 19 | I sent this amazing jet of spray on to the sleeping bags and then I said to Babs that we should next get Andrew to do a version of Handel 's Water Music . |
| 20 | Then I said to the boy , ‘ Xury , if you help me , I 'll be a good friend to you . |
| 21 | Then I said to them , " Its a pity you could n't find me foster parents " , and the social worker said , " What a brilliant idea ! " |
| 22 | Cash er cheque or credit card and then I said to you that 's really some it 's really a special market that , Leisure Line . |
| 23 | well she dad , she , he , dad , she , Bob was talking to dad and then I said to him can I let Pam have , cos I did n't want her going into Lynn and buying you them basket of |
| 24 | okay , put your speech marks round it , I take it all back then I said about that , it just did n't look right . |
| 25 | Then I drove into his space well then somebody else came and drove in behind me and the car in front then was sort of , oh yeah , then somebody else came and reversed in in front of him , so the car in front it was across the drive was boxed in by this time , I did n't box him in I just |
| 26 | Then I taught in a secondary modern in Hackney , before getting involved in the pioneering days of schools ' drama , touring happily doing plays in schools and inspiring them to do their own . ’ |
| 27 | Let me try I was wondering why he was doing it then I realized on the tape she done that in n it . |
| 28 | Then I began on custom and practice — a fascinating subject , because so much depends on precedent rather than formal agreements . |
| 29 | So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know . |
| 30 | It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas . |