Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I believe that I began then to train myself to listen in the voice of somebody , or look through the outer facade . |
| 2 | It is for these reasons that I felt then , as I do now , that in pursuing an industrial career I was performing a social service , of no less significance than my service in the armed forces . |
| 3 | It 's a pure technicality , Mr chairman , but I did ask at the previous meeting er , that the erm , director of property services respond to me on a matter relating to Wootton Bassett magistrate 's court , If we have such a large amount of money that we can spend I think the questions that I posed then , er are relevant and I would appreciate a reply . |
| 4 | I feel at ease — much better than I did then . ’ |
| 5 | But I feel even more optimistic about the future of our world now than I did then . |
| 6 | And yes , he had more dignity than I did then and I felt small , mean . |
| 7 | I can understand them far better now than I did then . |
| 8 | Dean agreed : ‘ I had an opportunity to watch Jimmy a couple of times from short leg in my first season here , and I realised then that he does n't go very far forward . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I was five months in Brazil and I thought then , if I want to get further into South America I need Spanish . |
| 10 | And I thought then that maybe I should ask him how he was . |
| 11 | " I saw him just before nine and I thought then that he 'd been dead about twelve hours , perhaps a little longer . |
| 12 | ‘ I watched them fishing him out yesterday afternoon and I thought then , ‘ If that 's where you 've ended up , my friend , I can make a good guess as to where you went in . ’ ’ |
| 13 | Erm , and feeling there was it must of been he said today I 've cooked Sunday lunch and erm , she ate half of it and I thought then she finished it . |
| 14 | Lady I got her from she 's just getting the webs in between her feet and I thought then |
| 15 | Okay , we looked last time at the development of the Kuomintang and nationalist China after the nineteen twenty five twenty seven revolution and I said then that the defeat of that revolution had a profound affect on the character of the Kuomintang and the character of the nationalist China over which it presided . |
| 16 | I 'd be much more impressed by some positive suggestions of what we might do cos I th you know , months ago I was browbeaten outside church over a lot of similar issues and I said then , you know |
| 17 | When I said she was n't here , he asked where she was and I said Maidstone and he said she 'd moved and I said then I did n't know but he could leave the flowers here for Frank but he would n't . |
| 18 | and I said then on the , on the Saturday his leg , his wound , he come out of intensive care on the Wednesday and on the Saturday his , his dressing had n't been changed on his leg and it reeked and I said can we actually please have a clean dressing for my dad 's leg , even if I 've got to put the bugger on myself , that was at quarter past eight |
| 19 | And I said then I go to the surgery I said and I do n't go in the lounge do I ? |
| 20 | And I went then from a , a timber mill and they there 's various different jobs I 've been in since then , you know ? |
| 21 | And I went then and I and cos the b he to asked this man see , the foreman like there , and then er he gave me a job . |
| 22 | ‘ Ah , mortal , when first I called you to the pool in the Forest , you came swift as a bird — and I felt then that our souls answered to each other . |
| 23 | He reflected , ‘ It was a disaster , this movie , and I knew then it was going to set me back . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Hi , Cameron , ’ he said , and I knew then he 'd been aware of me all the time . |
| 25 | I saw the look the malai doctors gave each other and I knew then he would never see again . |
| 26 | And then I leaned up to look down into your face , and saw the same vulnerability echoed there , your eyes almost purple , dazed , uncomprehending , and I knew then that I could n't let you go . |
| 27 | And I saw then this discipline and order . |
| 28 | And I saw then this discipline and order . |
| 29 | And I saw then for certain |
| 30 | And I wished then I 'd been on the farm , I might tell you ! |