Example sentences of "then [pers pn] found [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had always thought that its grip on me was purely personal , ’ wrote Amanda , ‘ — I loved it simply because it was my home — but then I found that it caught other people in its web too . ’ |
| 2 | But then I found that they had n't done it that way . |
| 3 | Then I found that something was nudging at my memory . |
| 4 | And then I found that there was a small hole in the wall between the hut and the house . |
| 5 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 6 | ’ But then I found that I could , after all . ’ |
| 7 | But then she found that she must have been without noticing , for she discovered that there was writing everywhere which she could read without even trying . |
| 8 | Then she found that she had no breath , for all the breath went out of her body when he tossed her down on to her mattress . |
| 9 | Then she found that she did n't have to say a word for , his expression the harshest she had ever seen it , Ven was wasting no further time , but was letting forth with a snarled , ‘ Just who the hell are you ? ’ |
| 10 | Then they found that their skirts were getting wet . |
| 11 | She had a lumpectomy and then they found that the cancer had spread to her lymph glands , which are like a racetrack for the rest of the body . |
| 12 | Then they found that neither party stood a chance of winning seats as rivals , but that the regional distribution of their supporters made it possible to share out constituencies without drawing up a common platform . |
| 13 | Working alongside other pioneers he was first spontaneously discovering new possibilities in camera technique and then he found that he could equally spontaneously draw on his experiences and his own values . |
| 14 | He hoped to convert it into a photographic studio — and then he found that there was not a single pane of glass left , and the rain had got in . |