Example sentences of "[coord] then i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But he walked very purposefully erm straight up there and then I noticed he 'd got a hook |
| 32 | And then I finished it in one go . |
| 33 | ‘ So I just went a-front there with my milk and vinegar ; rubbed it in my palm and fingers ; and then I rubbed it inside the horses ’ nose and then round their nostrils . |
| 34 | And then I chucked it out the window . |
| 35 | And then I 'd I 'd had enough and then he started messing about and he started pushing the boxes down through my strapper then , course that messed the strapper up ! |
| 36 | and then I hear him back , he says that he 's got great faith to believe the truth , know the truth , mhm , mm |
| 37 | We were sitting on water , going down a great , deep stream , and then I realized we were on a board — like that board in the field — all white and covered with black lines . |
| 38 | And then I realized it might not have been so all of a sudden at that . |
| 39 | Instinctively I turned away , and then I realized I was walking in the opposite direction , then running , almost tripping over my own two flat feet . |
| 40 | I was just about to say I expect you could really make a mess if you tried and then I realized I was covered in and I 'd better shut up . |
| 41 | He said , and then I got you to come along , he said , and it 's all for nothing . |
| 42 | And then I got it into my head to try a little art . |
| 43 | And soon as he said righto Jack , take the rugs off , I 'd take or the , little lad helps me as well , you know and he takes the rugs off and then I tell them what to do you see . |
| 44 | And then I tell you what , and even if they do n't do it , I let them fucking stay there ! |
| 45 | We had dinner at a good restaurant round the corner and then I took her to Sammy 's Bowery Follies , a popular nostalgic show in lower Manhatten . |
| 46 | I says , they have a hotel there , so I brought them up to the hotel and took them , he went in and he made arrangements to stay there and then I took them over and let them see this lake dwell this crannagh as they call it . |
| 47 | I did and then I took them out . |
| 48 | I did put it on , when I had a drink and then I took it off again |
| 49 | I took her through school , I sent her to college , I married her off and then I made her take her own life . |
| 50 | ‘ I 'll do my best , ’ I said , and then I made her bite her lip in vexation for I said with a smile , ‘ And I 'll tell him you 're all in favour , if I may . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ Well , I was going to that night of the dance and then I thought it was a bad time with it being Christmas and the New Year coming right afterwards . |
| 52 | Nothing wrong with it , but at first I thought it was nondescript , and then I thought it felt weird . |
| 53 | I thought of going to see Celia , and then I thought she might be at the hospital , for the tissue-typing results — ’ |
| 54 | And then I thought I would write and suggest that she should suggest herself to tea one day and not only did she have the effrontery to do so but she brought her husband . |
| 55 | And then I thought I heard voices once , coming from a long way away , but I could n't work out where they were coming from ; and they were so very faint I almost thought I 'd imagined them . |
| 56 | ‘ I 'll give you a hand until the rush dies down and then I thought I 'd get on with the account orders for tomorrow , ’ she said casually , but the girl gave her a strange look , and Folly had a nasty feeling that her voice was n't as fully under control as she had thought . |
| 57 | you see and I 'm glad I did n't miss it , I 'm glad I went through all what I did and , and this particular raid , you see , the siren went and they said a telegraph office read , you see , an and then I thought I 'll go to the back door and I went to the , well it was actually on the front of the station and I went to the front of the station and there was this plane swooping down like that and of course , you see , the bombs did n't fall down straight like that but they went as the plane went and they knocked down a row of houses at the end of the road . |
| 58 | Right , that 's it , that 'll do , I wo n't go any further and I can get the other things in well we had er , we had an aluminium friend , a double glazed enormous window over our landing and it was , the aluminium was so cold and it was conden there was so much condensation that we had a new window P V C put in , but I tried to sell this other window , cos it was beautiful you see , nothing wrong with it except you know , but nobody wanted it and I kept it and I had it for about two years standing outside and then I thought I can use that and I cut , it was a three section , three lots of glass all in one , cut down , divide it into two and one , and got myself a plant house under the erm |
| 59 | And then I thought I 'd really put my foot in it and embarrassed both of us |
| 60 | You know , she came home and she was watching television and I bought some Bourbon biscuits round and then I thought I 'll have one with my cup of tea and now there 's three left ! |