Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Residents then told him the sergeant had been seriously wounded , and they took custody of the suspect so the constable could help his colleague . |
| 2 | Annunziata , who had accepted the hug , made Julia get back into bed and then told her the whole story . |
| 3 | The owner then swapped me the beautiful picture with which he had boarded his shed window . |
| 4 | He then showed us the brass plate of ‘ No. 1 ’ , still attached to the piece of cab as Selwyn Higgins cut it off . |
| 5 | Peg paused and ruffled his hair affectionately , then handed him the cloth . |
| 6 | Madeleine gave her a quick kiss , then tossed her the postbox keys . |
| 7 | You rewrote the letter after the original had been burned , had your version photocopied and then sent me the copy . |
| 8 | He lost his seat in the election of 1955 , and then completed his The Future of Socialism , which I read at Windsor . |
| 9 | Fortunately , one of her friends had done a first aid course so he put her in the recovery position and cleared her airways , then gave her the kiss of life . |
| 10 | He then gave me the line , in Italian , from memory : ‘ Dimmi se mai fu fatto qualque cosa ? ’ — ‘ Tell me if anything was ever done ? ’ |
| 11 | Tremayne listened a bit and talked a bit and then gave me the receiver again . |
| 12 | Once one way , cleaned it up and then did it the o opposite way . |