Example sentences of "[conj] then [noun] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard them arguing with each other , and then Detchard said to the Belgian , ‘ Why , Bersonin , are you afraid of one man ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Goodnight , Mother , ’ and then Boy said ( for the very first time ) : ‘ Goodnight , Mother . ’ |
| 3 | And then Sam said , Oh well me mother will have to come . |
| 4 | John entertained Maggie and Nevil with tales of the show until Laura returned , and then Maggie said , ‘ I have some news . |
| 5 | His a terrible , so we did n't go near him right through on the playing field , and then Katherine , I found to get , I sat , found a way to get them near Matthew and then Katherine said , I tickled him on the back , and I 'd kept on doing that . . |
| 6 | I said , oh I lo I love it , I lo , I said I know it sounds awful thought no more and then Shirley said to me when she 'd gone she said , she came up to me one day she said I wish to God he 'd stop that bloody noise , this time ! |
| 7 | There was a silence , and then Rosie said huskily , ‘ Dear God , what a thing to ask . |
| 8 | And then Bob said Jamaica I said , yeah that 'll do ! |
| 9 | We were o on and I thought , no way , and then Marianne said , no , it 's ju , she said , that 's too much , we 'll be , and like , erm , , we 'll knock off er , five hundred words of your assignment , if you do five minutes of thing , and that 's , no way . |
| 10 | There was a silence for a moment in the sitting-room , and then Lavinia said again that he should go to bed . |
| 11 | They walked on in silence for a time , and then Hilary said : ‘ I still think your mum 's playing a dirty game , or she 's imagining things . |
| 12 | So someone suddenly said , ‘ There 's a really terrific game going on in the square in Granada , ’ and we were just waiting and then Brynner said , ‘ Of course , I 'm the South American callot champion . ’ |
| 13 | And then Alina said , ‘ Who was the child ? ’ |
| 14 | There was another long silence , and then Ruth said : ‘ Shall I put the kettle on ? |
| 15 | And then Diane said , ‘ So how 's the school ? ’ |
| 16 | There was a bit of a silence when I 'd finished , and then dad said , with a grin , ‘ Quiggers is right about one thing , old son . |
| 17 | They hung over the bridge , dropping stone chippings into the water , and then Charlie said : |
| 18 | There was a baffled pause , and then James said , in a worried voice , " Jane dear , you 're not really ill , are you ? |
| 19 | There was a short silence as they both drank coffee , and then Miriam said sharply , ‘ Why should it be odd to refer to the infant in the neuter ? |
| 20 | And then Lucy said , ‘ Why did you leave me like that ? ’ |
| 21 | There was a great deal of giggling and whispering as we passed by , and then Reid said , ‘ At last ! |
| 22 | So Arf rang the doctor and then Natalie said come on mum up to bed , up to bed . |
| 23 | And then Mary said she felt as if Hilbert were there with them as they rifled through chests and drawers and cupboards , she could feel his presence standing behind them , looking over her shoulder . |
| 24 | And then Tony said to me did you hear Winston bark last night ? |
| 25 | So I rang you and then Lyn said yeah I 'll get her to call you and then you rang me back so it was as though Lyn had give you the message to call me |
| 26 | There was silence for a moment after the front door too slammed , and then George said carefully , ‘ I would prefer you not to discuss our disagreements with the children . |
| 27 | There was another brief silence , and then Bridges said softly , ‘ A baby who never cries , because he never needs to . ’ |
| 28 | And then Jean said she 's gon na ask your daddy to get a banger , and you 're coming with us as I know this , I am not going with you . |
| 29 | There was a longish pause and then Jefferson said , ‘ Murder has to be punished . |
| 30 | And then Jess said : ‘ Come in … come in , afore the weather does thee an injury ! ’ smiling at him . |