Example sentences of "then he [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he would think of the undertaker forcing that convoluted form into a cheap coffin and the lid being screwed on . |
| 2 | His whole life seemed to hang on each letter in Annie 's hand , his eyes following it until she handed it into the crowd or placed it on a pile to one side and then he would fix on the next letter and the next . |
| 3 | If he were to discover the nature and the limits of this person he was — and , as time went by , stave off the timor mortis — fear of death — then he would go for the nerve and the bone , draw blood . |
| 4 | If Bernard came across with anything good , then he would go to the archives and read the files himself . |
| 5 | He would wait for an hour or so , reading a newspaper or catching up on paperwork , then he would go to the McCausland counter and hire a car . |
| 6 | She would be seated in front of his desk before he allowed himself to be near her ; then he would lean against the same side of the desk as she . |
| 7 | And then he would arrange for the grave digger to dig the grave . |
| 8 | The decision based on a number of current offspring , larger numbers can be greater benefited with and therefore it 's more likely that if the parent had a lot of er offspring then he would continue with the investment and erm the conclusion from now is that males have a greater reproductive success , therefore they are more likely to desert because they can erm and erm this and erm the basic argument of this is one parent can get away with investing less share of erm resources they 're likely to spend more er then they 're to do it , so in other words erm if , if one of the , of the two is being to get away with having the other they can go out to er pursue their own and therefore erm each partner force the other to invest more . |
| 9 | Then he would search for the tunnel Mcduff had talked about . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's never been much of a man for dancing , not unless he 's drunk and then he 'll dance with the best of them . ’ |
| 11 | At the end of the hut a boy waited , sitting hunched on an upper bunk , for darkness to come to the living quarters because then he could go to the mattress of the man who loved him … |
| 12 | Then he could sleep through the drive and the laborious business of make-up . |
| 13 | If it were a cart then he could ask for a lift and go to the city where there was shelter and plenty to eat . |
| 14 | Then he can play like a dream , electrifying Anfield with that direct , no-nonsense running style which strikes fear into defenders . |
| 15 | Then he 'd sit for a while , occasionally glancing at the figure next to him , until at last he 'd lean towards the other 's ear . |
| 16 | It was a shed hand actually , he did n't , was n't responsible for cash although he helped the cashier and er , I well remember this erm in those days the conductor used to either run into depot with the bus or he 'd get relief on the Cornhill , he walked down to the depot carrying his cash in his cash bag and then he 'd sit in the paying in room and he 'd laboriously cam carried out his cash , piling the pennies into stacks , the ha'pennies , the tokens , the sixpences , every denomination . |
| 17 | After we if he did n't enjoy it then he 'd get off the floor . |
| 18 | If God is truly to begin again , then he must start with a child born out of the blue , a child most decidedly of his making . |
| 19 | Then he must decide on the appropriate response , which is a legal , as well as a medical , decision . |
| 20 | Then he must go to the College of Music in London . |