Example sentences of "then [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Then me mum went to America and took Angela with her , left no address or nothing , and so it 's just me — no father , no nothing .
2 ‘ Bell , then me stay here and ev'one gone ! ’
3 And then me grandfather suddenly appeared , many years later , when they 'd got children that were grown up then , all of them , he appeared to these girls , would you believe it ?
4 Then I sort of hold her hands tight while she rocks back and forward on the bed .
5 Well I did n't mind till I got a bit older , then I sort of started to kick , and er as I got older , that 's another story .
6 Five , yeah and then I sort of could extend it
7 What I do , that 's North , and then I sort of point round , I know it 's rude to point , measure that angle , forty five degrees , okay .
8 Cos that really got up , up my back when the , I mean tho ai n't a ba , bad bunch of old boys but I normally go down but they they clear and once we 've done our work before dinner break they all clear off and I go down to the and then I sort of walk back more or less behind them you know , to the break like and as I go past the club , I go and wash my hands , they go straight in , I go and wash my hands and I walk past the and er we should go to dinner at quarter to twelve and I go past , it 's one minute past quarter to twelve so cos when we go in there you see quarter past twelve due to go back I always give them two or three minutes and I say that 's it , that 's , ah we was late coming in , I said no you were n't !
9 erm but then I sort of thought , no , well let's expand this one .
10 I had long hair , then my mum cut it off and it was really short , so I think everyone thought I was a boy anyway .
11 Then my mum told me it was terrible . ’
12 But then my mum said , in a timorous voice , ‘ Do you mean Nelly Woodhouse that was with the Guardian Building Society ? ’
13 Yeah I did that at school we had to stay in most break times as a child cos I could n't remember , and I , I know that my mum bought me a books so I used to sit for days and days , then my mum going over and then my nan going over and I could n't remember if I wanted
14 And then my Mum goes , eight o'clock I still ai n't up , my Mum goes get out of bed .
15 Then my son-in-law managed to get her heart going again .
16 If I order someone to clean their boots when I do not really believe that this should be done , then my order is insincere , and flawed ( condition 1 ) .
17 Then my head wo n't hurt .
18 Then my head hit something else and I realized it was one of Armstrong 's rear tyres .
19 I began to feel myself being pulled further and further under the water , I screamed and swore but nobody seemed to hear or believe me and then my head went under and all I remember is a feeling of despair as I squeezed the tree trunk only to find that it simply crumbled in my hands .
20 Er , I used not to do that , I used to put everything in one list , and then my home telephone was cut off one time , er , because I just never regarded the personal things as being terribly important until , you know , I do n't have to pay well over a hundred quid to get the thing fixed again .
21 A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! )
22 If proof were ever needed that I had a gift for spotting talent then my signing of Royston Marley was it .
23 erm which should be , you know , enough , but again if there 's a problem then my phone number is on your collection card which is there and I 'll come out and re-stock you as it were
24 Then my friend in interpreter , Diana , hopes to do something similar at her home in Brasov .
25 And then my friend Stephanie saw you in the garden .
26 It was always hard to get going , for if I did n't carry my own sins , and hence guilt , then my dad 's sins were always about to be draped around my neck like a dead albatross .
27 Then my dad 's car was here , and the first person who came out was my dad and he came and put his arm round me .
28 Then my dad paused .
29 Then my journey 's not been totally wasted , has it ? ’
30 Then my sense of smell came into play and I could smell motor oil and if I concentrated , I could feel the cloth wrapped tightly around my head .
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