Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man then asked her some gentle questions . |
| 2 | For example , in fifteen fifty seven/eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundred pounds to six hundred , and that 's entirely because they pulled in awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 3 | For example , in fifteen fifty-seven , eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundreds pounds to six hundred and that 's entirely because they pulled in an awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 4 | ‘ When I was still involved with Vernons , we participated in the introduction of the lotteries in both New York and Sydney , and our experience then told me that football pools would be swept away should lotteries ever come to Britain . |
| 5 | It looked through the small door window , asked what was going on , and then told them all to stand back . |
| 6 | And sewed on the sewing machine and then painted them all with raw linseed oil but raw linseed oil took a long while to dry but they soft . |
| 7 | But dithering Charles then messed it all up — by missing his chance to be in the official happy-family photo . |
| 8 | He fed the slot , dialled Jack Ashdown 's number , and then fed it some more . |
| 9 | So I sprinkled this stuff inside every pair of knickers in the drawer and then folded them all up again carefully . ’ |
| 10 | Doing as she had bid herself , she walked into the cottage and then spoilt it all by slamming the door . |
| 11 | Norman led them both and then lost them both . |
| 12 | He then brought me another hot dog and a bowl of chili . |
| 13 | Dropping her head , she tugged a brush vigorously through the rippling red-gold , and then tossed it all back in a wild wavy curtain . |
| 14 | As he lived in the city , Mr Coary drove me up to the Noones ’ for my bag and then took me all the way back to O'Brien 's Hotel in Dublin , where I had stayed long before . |
| 15 | He turned round , took her intercom control in his hand and then gave her another lesson in operating the controls . |
| 16 | But no , Bill then gave them another chance and another meeting , this time 120 skaters went along , and they came up with the following ramps : 20ft wide 6ft tall spine ramp , with the spine itself being 12 ft wide [ the other 8ft bit being platform ] , and another 12 ft wide mini ramp , plus street stuff like fun boxes etc . |
| 17 | Well then did we all just sit there and say well you know do n't rot there 's nuclear sort of fallout and er oh dear erm what we going to do about it and decide should we get on onto it |
| 18 | Tony bought him a whisky and then bought him another . |
| 19 | This created the problem that their English-style education taught them liberal principles , while the system then denied them that same liberal advancement to the higher echelons of power and social prestige . |
| 20 | He raised his hands above his head and then stretched them both out at the unfortunate First Spiritualist . |