Example sentences of "then [vb past] they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked down miserably , and then wiped them away . |
| 2 | That brought tears to my eyes and I turned away so that Jeff would n't be able to see them , then fought them back . |
| 3 | The waitress added up the modest sum , and then asked them regretfully if they were leaving the district for good . |
| 4 | He then led them back to the safety of the Allied trenches . |
| 5 | He did n't like to think he was the kind of person who took things from strangers in pubs and then passed them off as presents to girls he was supposed to love . |
| 6 | The head moved slowly , taking in the dusky lengths of the wood-ride in both directions , and then fixed them once more with its fierce , terrible stare . |
| 7 | He put his hands together , palm to palm , then drew them slowly apart . |
| 8 | He moved the coat aside , quickly lifted Emilia 's skirt and the petticoats beneath , then drew them down again . |
| 9 | He took a group of young boys and monitored their play , divided them into three groups and showed each group one of three scenarios and then monitored them again . |
| 10 | The Department of Employment reinstated my benefits ( joy ! ) and then stopped them again . |
| 11 | ‘ I have it on good authority that when Satan left , Christ did it but then changed them back to show he would not be tempted to eat . |
| 12 | Kenneth Baker put the Party faithful under starter 's orders for the next general election ; he told them to get ready for a fight , and then told them why they would win . |
| 13 | I waited till we heard him on the stairs , then told them how I had offered to drive this run , but now that I was a passenger it would be against the rules . |
| 14 | Then stirred them round with a finger . |
| 15 | Members of the Jafaar clan and other DEA couriers would arrive at Larnaca with suitcases full of high-grade heroin , white and crystal , and be met off the boat from the Christian-controlled port of Jounieh by officers of the Cypriot Police Narcotics Squad , who then drove them up to the Eurame office in Nicosia . |
| 16 | We then drove them closer to town , where one of our men was readying the piles of clothes . |
| 17 | She slept with boys ( and men — some lecturers , too , fell by her wayside ) as if it were the most natural thing in the world ( ‘ indeed it is , it is ! ’ ) , then dropped them just as casually in the morning with a smile of disbelief that they should expect anything more of her , or any other woman . |
| 18 | Anyway Steve picked them up here and then dropped them off |
| 19 | He then threw them on to the ground in the tinder-dry hay loft without putting them out properly , it is alleged . |
| 20 | He flicked through them , then threw them down on the table . |
| 21 | She whispered , ‘ Help him to find me — please , ’ then threw them down , one at a time , into the gathering shadows . |
| 22 | Perplexed , she closed her eyes , then opened them again to reassure herself she was n't dreaming . |
| 23 | She squeezed her eyes tight shut , then opened them again , knowing what she 'd see . |
| 24 | Nicolo closed his eyes , then opened them again . |
| 25 | With an amused smile he did so , then turned them over to show her the backs . |
| 26 | He had shared a drink with barmaid Louise Shipman , who then claimed they also had sex at a Leicester hotel . |
| 27 | He extended his talons experimentally into the grass , and then withdrew them again . |
| 28 | One sees the beginnings of a serious criticism of the very basis of The Lord of the Rings here : the author appears to have presented a set of rules and then observed them only partially , reserving as it were the right to exceptions and miracles . |
| 29 | He walked them to the top of the hill and then walked them down again . |
| 30 | When at last she got into bed she allowed herself a few angry tears , then brushed them furiously away . |