Example sentences of "then [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was space then for her free-fall to be guided , even as Lucifer 's had been guided , across the vast vacuity , down to a home prepared for him by his enemy . |
| 2 | Natural selection is no tautology , because there is no a priori proof , from its definition alone , for its existence , nor then for its prevalence , or its adequacy or its responsibility for evolution . |
| 3 | Erm , what happens if a client has , has established er , a Covermaster Plan for a selected period , and then for whatever reason , has a need to increase that cover . |
| 4 | Are we going out then for my birthday ? |
| 5 | He was worshipped then for his talent and untimely death — perhaps a little as Eliot was to be worshipped , in the 1940s and '50s , for his saintly abstention from the world . |
| 6 | He send for one brother , then two brother , then four brother , then for his Mamma to make house for him in New York . |
| 7 | ’ — Then for your service to me thus far I will confirm you in the offices and estates which you held from Nogai . ’ |
| 8 | Good I , as I make you a pie then for your tea . |
| 9 | But Dierdriu only said , ‘ And so you went away , and Grainne stayed , and when you came back to Tara , first as a soldier in the Fiana and then as its head , I could not bear to send you away again , Fergus . |
| 10 | Ward spent the best part of two decades living in Taylor 's shadow , initially as a player at Lincoln and Watford and then as his assistant at Vicarage Road and Aston Villa . |
| 11 | She married a man named Howie , of whom I know nothing except that he was rich ; there are several children , and then after his death she married Dr Heatherton , who was a widower with children also . |
| 12 | Dad , dad , the crews will be sweeping down that side passage and then coming over and then past my window again . |
| 13 | Yes , okay , those in favour then of my motion , please show . |
| 14 | She 's probably jealous then of your relationship with him . |
| 15 | Could you explain the reason then behind your council 's change of view ? |
| 16 | It was the sort of wit , understated and warm , which characterised his years at the International Secretariat , first as head of the Asia Region and then throughout his term as secretary general . |
| 17 | Alternatively , the patient might be taught how to turn over onto his side and then onto his back , and shuffle towards the chair on his bottom . |
| 18 | Then under her breath , ‘ But nothing 's going to gentle Angel ! ’ |
| 19 | She did not ask herself then under what compulsion he had made his plots or constructed his worlds ; she accepted them as one accepts fairy tales in childhood . |
| 20 | He was Keeper of Western Art at the Ashmolean for only five years , between 1984 and 1989 , but besides organising a number of exhibitions and doing all the other things that Keepers do , he managed — quite extraordinarily — to produce this massive three-volume catalogue of the 785 later sculptures then under his care . |
| 21 | Then under his guidance , the Demetrious signed the birth certificate as the baby 's parents . |
| 22 | One of them was a thoughtful , gangly young man called Charles de Gaulle , who , so impressed was he by Pétain 's teachings , applied on leaving St. Cyr to join the regiment then under his command , the 33rd . |
| 23 | being on the railway and er , you see , er and of course I went then under his pass I suppose Mr and Mrs then and er and then of course we started to er when my parents first died we , we started to get around . |
| 24 | It was Agnes who saw them to the door , and then into their car . |
| 25 | She went to the window and watched him into the street , then into his car , then out of sight . |
| 26 | see what room we 've got , then measure up , then with what room we 've |
| 27 | Then with her crutch to aid her she slipped out of the door and round the blind side of the building , hobbling into the cover of the under-brush . |
| 28 | The female fly lands on the plant and tests it for ‘ taste ’ , first with ‘ taste-buds ’ on her feet and then with her proboscis . |
| 29 | Then with her needle she worked eyebrows , eyes and mouth , and made a dress out of an old dress that belonged to one of her girls . |
| 30 | The masher 's intended victim was not quite so indecisive ; far from taking the opportunity to run off , leaving St George to fight the dragon on his own , she had taken the opportunity once her attacker 's attention had been diverted from her to remove her right shoe , and she now proceeded to attack him from the rear , pounding him first about the head and shoulders with the shoe , and then with her handbag shrieking , ‘ Take that , you cowardly bully , and that , ’ leaving him open to any attack Neil might care to make . |