Example sentences of "him and then [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went inside for her briefcase and Steve gave her a thoughtful look as she passed him and then polished off the remains of his champagne in one gulp . |
| 2 | Julia smiled at him and then looked across the round table at Anthony as though to persuade him to get Comfort to behave better , but either he misunderstood her signals or did not care enough , for he sat , watching his sister , laughing at her jokes and joining in her reminiscences . |
| 3 | She seemed insubstantial , fleshless , a long way off , — while the kitchen seemed to close in on him and then recede to the accompaniment of a thumping in his head like a primitive drumbeat . |
| 4 | Cleo glanced up at him and then rose from the bed . |
| 5 | Her huge blue eyes pleaded with him and then darkened at the flagrant desire in his expression . |