Example sentences of "and then he [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willis told the cops , ‘ You 'll all be walking the fucking beat soon , ’ and then he yelled at the neighbours , ‘ Which of you bastards told the police ? ’ |
| 2 | She wished he would understand she wanted him to go but Shildon sat there while she dialled and then he went into the garden . |
| 3 | And then he went into the bathroom locked the door and it was just silent . |
| 4 | and then he went to a specialist book place , that ca n't find rare editions or whatever . |
| 5 | And then he was supposed to meet her there he he went there and she was n't there and then he went to the Red Lion and she was |
| 6 | He looked round to make sure that nobody was following him , and then he disappeared over the hill . |
| 7 | Finally he was sent to an approved school and then he disappeared from the district . |
| 8 | At first Wexford felt a curious distaste and then he thought about the dead man and what he knew of him . |
| 9 | There were some trees below them , and when they reached them he slowed , she followed suit , and then he swished to a halt . |
| 10 | There was a long moment and then he said in a stifled voice , " It 's gone . " |
| 11 | George watched her in silence for a while and then he said in a low voice , ‘ I say did I offend you just now ? |
| 12 | And then we get to the roadworks , and probably he 's either in front of me or behind me , and he 's going and then he gets through the roadworks , and it 's , away , whoa , woof , and they 're up behind you are n't they . |
| 13 | I say ‘ Happy Christmas ’ back and then he gets into the van and they drive off . |
| 14 | and then he looked at the man . |
| 15 | and then he looked at the row of trolleys tangled in the front of the car . |
| 16 | He saw them and halted , standing at gaze for a moment open-mouthed and great-eyed , and then he whooped like a huntsman hot after game , and turned and ran like a hare for the hall , bounding as he ran . |
| 17 | He was a guy who could be something for a brief period of time and then he vanished like the spirit he was impersonating . |
| 18 | For a moment Broadman 's face looked as though some vast internal struggle was going on , and then he added with a burst of generosity , ‘ I 'll throw in yours , too . ’ |
| 19 | The man tipped his hat to Jane and then he darted across the road , heading into St Stephen 's Green , leaving Patrick and Jane standing before the hotel . |
| 20 | no the gourmet like detective yeah and they come in and they go God that was a tough crime and he 'd go after a crime I like something to eat and then he goes into the kitchen and he 's going |
| 21 | And then he fires from the hip while |
| 22 | and then he played in the afternoons ! |
| 23 | And then he stopped behind a bush and beckoned me over , and there was an antelope standing ahead , which I shot . |
| 24 | Patrick took his sister 's hand and led her further down the garden , out of sight of the house , and then he squatted in the snow and stared into her deep , dark eyes . |
| 25 | The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn . |
| 26 | Those companies were acquired by the Wedgwood Group in 1972 and Roy was transferred to Johnson Brothers , firstly in quality control at the Hanley factory , later on yield improvement at Alexandra and then he moved to the Imperial factory . |
| 27 | In semi-darkness , she waited , hearing the sound of a key grating against metal , and then he fumbled for a moment , muttering to himself in Italian . |
| 28 | And then he looks at the priest , and adds , ‘ Now you tell me the truth … |
| 29 | and erm , they were absolutely chocker , they were really full and he said erm , I sa , he said he had n't had to fill them up at all in all the time that it 's been running , and no , I asked him if he had any enquiries and nobody stopped him and asked anything about it , and then he turned to the other lad who was beside him the sales assistant and he said no I 've had no enquiries at all , so that was it . |
| 30 | He nodded to Wexford and then he turned off the television . |