Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So then I had to put in for another grant because he 'd smashed every damn thing . |
| 2 | I were just so psyched up on Wednesday and then I had to go in on the Friday before so I did n't |
| 3 | Then I had to go down to the station to get somebody and by the time I came back , most of the stuff had gone . |
| 4 | And then I had to run down to Mrs 's when Dawn stayed with mummy while the ambulance come to tell Mrs and Mrs says do n't worry Jean , I 'll sign you in the day just go ahead and put your mum in the ambulance . |
| 5 | If you put down the example I I actually marked the example but then I realized going back through the book that obviously the example was given for you there anyway . |
| 6 | Then I went skipping round to the cottage to see Miss Louise before I went to school . |
| 7 | Then I went shopping down at Lillywhites and bought a pair of swimming shorts , a Speedo swimcap and a pair of swimmer 's goggles . |
| 8 | It 's hard to tell , cos I always seemed to be awake , but then I remember waking up with a jump when this voice comes over the loud speaker . |
| 9 | and then I like to turn over to me right . |
| 10 | It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . |
| 11 | Then I got to get back to work . |
| 12 | Since then I 've settled down to 8st 4 . |
| 13 | I was in Buenos Aires , then London , then I have to go back to New York , on to Montreal and then Frankfurt . |
| 14 | ‘ In the meantime , as I told you , I have an errand to do , then I plan to stop off in the village and have a bite to eat . |
| 15 | Erm , but we are n't going to the sort of , end of degree , that er , I say this , and then you sort of enter stage left and say this , and I respond like this , and then erm , something else happens , and then somebody comes crashing in through the door . |
| 16 | Reading , yeah you look round at people and then somebody comes rushing in through the door and you 've never seen then before , what do you do ? |
| 17 | Two of us in a great mass of strangers , and various things to do that you 've got to get right , like follow signs and collect your luggage ; then you get looked over by the customs , and no-one particularly cares who you are or what you 're doing there so the two of you have to keep one another cheerful … |
| 18 | to climb the stairs , and I think then you tend to panic a bit , I and I felt most of the time I felt fine , and then you see getting up at five o'clock yesterday morning , by the time I got off , it was your father that fell asleep on that last drinking session , but I mean , as I said we ai n't used to drinking in the day like that |
| 19 | It 's a frightening thought that you come to Grendon to sort yourself out , then you have to go back into the system . |
| 20 | Where 's your bit of paper then you have to fill in on this ? |
| 21 | Erm , I was wondering if , you know , and then you have to come up with a solution , because bosses do n't like problems , they like solutions . |
| 22 | ‘ First you say you 're not equipped , then you say go back to doctoring , then you say it may be good . |
| 23 | ‘ But then she keeps getting back on them again . ’ |
| 24 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |
| 25 | And then she had lain down in the dark , naked but for her flimsy shawl , the window open to let in the night , and waited . |
| 26 | Then she had found out about the baby and realised the truth — that they had done more than draw comfort from each other as mere friends . |
| 27 | She could n't really remember anything , only that she had been knitting and then she had woken up in this bed with her nosy , bossy sister sitting beside her . |
| 28 | Then she managed to smile up at him . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've only got her for five years , then she has to go back to the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 30 | Since then she has gone back to Killarney . |