Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] then [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was shouting again and then I fainted . |
| 2 | Where it 's going up and then it levels out and it comes down . |
| 3 | It 's no good starting at the bottom and going up because then you 've lost the the punch have n't you . |
| 4 | But you know how it is , it 's family ties and kids growing up and then they grow up and have families of their own , then you get tied to the ch grandchildren or what have you . |
| 5 | If you 're not going as far you 're going slower and then you take that up a level all right |
| 6 | sorting out and then I 've got to go down to that conference and fly up to Stone Haven |
| 7 | So he was teaching there and then he came back . |
| 8 | He drank my drink because I said something about all the money he was always flashing around and then he made a dirty crack about … |
| 9 | Right , that 's it , that 'll do , I wo n't go any further and I can get the other things in well we had er , we had an aluminium friend , a double glazed enormous window over our landing and it was , the aluminium was so cold and it was conden there was so much condensation that we had a new window P V C put in , but I tried to sell this other window , cos it was beautiful you see , nothing wrong with it except you know , but nobody wanted it and I kept it and I had it for about two years standing outside and then I thought I can use that and I cut , it was a three section , three lots of glass all in one , cut down , divide it into two and one , and got myself a plant house under the erm |
| 10 | But the , I mean I came home and they were under the hedge they were n't going through but there 's a big piece of netting has come down and it needs erm stitching up and then it needs sewing , not sewing erm |