Example sentences of "[coord] then [pers pn] [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then they had to be a for a certain length of time before they would be a master joiner . |
| 2 | so got er job at er at the library and then she seemed to be very settled |
| 3 | I mean , I can remember him on this , er on this bike and then he rose to be a manager and er as he was , I say he was the manager fo er magistrate up until he retired last year . |
| 4 | And then you had to be quick at it you know . |
| 5 | I started painting and then I went to be rivet hotter . |
| 6 | The steel tape had to be cut with wire-cutters , then soldered , and then it had to be ‘ tempered ’ before it could run through the machine — which it did with a loud clang ! |
| 7 | St Margaret had passed several dreary centuries in heaven ; people very seldom sought her intercession nowadays , and then it tended to be superstitious old women with sentimental requests . |
| 8 | But then he began to be rather sorry . |