Example sentences of "then [pron] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they are trying to use me to get something for the museum , then I shall think of something else . |
| 2 | " Then I shall wait for you over there . |
| 3 | To them I was just another recruit , and if I did well , got myself through the first six months and became a legionnaire , then I would matter to them because I would be part of their system . |
| 4 | Now Mr Jaggers turned to me and told me that on Monday I would go to Matthew Pocket 's house to start my studies , but until then I would stay with his son , Herbert , who lived nearby . |
| 5 | Then I would sit beside her putting into her mouth one by one the marshmallows I had brought . |
| 6 | My normal reaction would have been to attack back but I was too tired , so I said : " If I understood from what I have been saying what you obviously understand — then I would agree with you . " |
| 7 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 8 | If that were the case then I would say to you that there must be some exceptions to it and the one exception I am particularly concerned with , and it 's up to others to bring forward their particular exceptions , is that of rural affordable housing . |
| 9 | You know I mean I did n't think anything of it and I thought well I 'm a bit like that though too cos I say things about people and then I 'll talk to them |
| 10 | Well I , I 'll wait till you bring back your , your er illustrations and then I 'll talk to him . |
| 11 | The day they come to the door and denounce me in fluent Anglo-Saxon for a Scarlet Woman , then I 'll think about it . ’ |
| 12 | Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it . |
| 13 | Then I 'll leave to you . |
| 14 | When she cares for me , then I 'll care for her . ’ |
| 15 | A woman said : ‘ I 'm going back too and then I 'll return with my four children . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you do n't like what I 've got to say , then I 'll go with you to the police . |
| 17 | If you refuse then I 'll go after him regardless of what happens to Mobuto . |
| 18 | Then I 'll call for you for dinner at eight-thirty , Paige . ’ |
| 19 | If not then I 'll plead to my wife for the car & I 'll be able to offer other people a lift there ( but I 'll be coming back on Sunday ) . |
| 20 | But I 'm not gon na worry about that until halfway through the week and then I 'll write to them . |
| 21 | Then I 'll turn to you , Frank , and say , ‘ Lord Boddy , what do you think of the experiment we have just seen ? |
| 22 | If anything happens to him then I 'll see to it that you 're held personally responsible . ’ |
| 23 | And then I used to get from we used to get our sausage and things like that . |
| 24 | Oh no come here then I can talk to you . |
| 25 | And maybe if you 're totally stuck , then I can go through it again next time , but |
| 26 | And erm I got my ironing out the way and then I can go to my mother then , and start to paint , paint the bathroom tomorrow . |
| 27 | But once we 've agreed is , once , once I 've done the work , we have done the work , I have done the work with you helping me , er I 've written this application , what I want to do is turn that into a much more general one and then I can write to you know maybe twenty , twenty five trusts on a more general basis |
| 28 | Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ? |
| 29 | Then I can play with my toys ’ . |
| 30 | I will get up and pee once every two or three hours , as I have always done , but then I will return to my bed and sleep , I will return to my room and work . |