Example sentences of "[coord] then we [vb past] to " in BNC.

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1 We watched until the light began to dim — and then we returned to the observatory .
2 They were Miss was the teacher and the , the next three classes I would say with great pleasure , and then we came to one of the old ones which er they were more severe , probably she used the tawse a lot .
3 And then we came to the flavourings .
4 and it was er and then we came to er near er par Prenton
5 And then we went to a few Western shops to get our costumes for the Urban Cowboy premier .
6 Victor and George ended up riding a spare horse — I do n't know where it came from — and then we went to where they 'd come from .
7 On the day I got out they picked us up in a taxi at the prison and then we went to the hospital to pick him up .
8 We , when we were dredging , we were dredging now from Cliff Quay and er used to get all this er grey mud and erm and the chalk and when we used to dredge , we got down to chalk er , more or less the depth we wanted to go and anybody dredging down there today if they dredge the chalk at Cliff Quay that 's the depth of water you want and erm then we dredged erm just below erm and then we went to Freston Freston we were dredging peat .
9 And then we went to the er Pat and I went to the toy fair in Harrogate and one little thing has already come .
10 And then we er we left school and then we went to work for to w we went to look for work .
11 I ca n't somebody had a sale on in Gateshead so we went there and then we went to the Co-op , and of course , I got the exact paper I wanted , just sort of this mottley mottley , marbly pale peach
12 Erm no I went away for the weekend this weekend and er made four ta tapes of me and Frank in the car driving around from er we went to erm Oxford first then we went to Bournemouth , then we went to Winchester and then we went to Cheltenham , .
13 And then we went to the fish and the one , oh I 'm tired !
14 and gone and then we went to the tutorial and I 'm afraid Harry just , phew , it 's just like wind up session , you know you feel as if you want to cut , to get it going
15 And he bou he bought me this top and he bought me a , a polo neck and bought me a C D and then we went out to supper and then we went to a pub and everything and erm , you know , had a really decent conversation with him and just talking to him makes me think , you know , and it dawns on me that he 's just a big he 's just a big child and he 's not , he 's never grown , he 's not , you 're not gon na grow up .
16 He showed me some really nice places , and then we went to this park , I ca n't remember what the park 's called .
17 And then we got to school and it was all big and confusing and there was all these boys I 'd never seen before , all with their parents and some of the kids were weird-looking with funny eyes .
18 And then we got to the stage where we needed to get the wardrobes out .
19 Just as a kid he would lift me up on the m up on the er counter , you know and me I was born in and then we shifted to the bottom , you know that white house , I think it 's all offices now , in the the erm big gates of the cathedral .
20 Oh well oh well I think that er would be a good proportion to er Morell 's , but then we got to , anyway , excuse me I must go somewhere .
21 And the first was a twelve volt but then we came to a hundred and ten so I just strung it down along the two top wires of the fence and they were live and oh there were about six or nine hen houses attached to the fence with those wires for electricity .
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