Example sentences of "and then [vb past] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was only born there and I lived there for about six months and then got taken out . |
| 2 | She 'd have been stuck in some noisy complex in Pollensa and then had to drive back to Palma to do his share of the work . |
| 3 | One of the three students who had appeared to be missing , and then had turned up . |
| 4 | We were blindfolded and then had to move back until we bent our knees . |
| 5 | But the ones who 'd found , you know , wondered about the stepping stones and then had plucked up their courage and then had got across safely , can you see how they would have walked down the other side ? |
| 6 | They angered their EC colleagues , who were first persuaded to back the Greek argument and then had to wriggle out of it , and the United Nations , which got hauled into the dispute . |
| 7 | It had seemed to slow down briefly after the impact , as if the driver was considering whether to stop or not , and then had accelerated off into the night . |
| 8 | We did it inside and then had to go outside cos it was raining . |
| 9 | So that 's what they did at Devon Square , that 's why that was all that , that people came up East Street and then had to go down Devon Square and back out |
| 10 | It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off . |
| 11 | Your poor visitors had come miles , had to wait to be taken from the prison gate to the gym , and then had to queue up waiting to hand in a bunch of flowers or something trivial , and then it all had to be signed for , then the screws came over to your table and you had to sign for it . |
| 12 | " It 's that boy , Timothy Gedge , " Lavinia had said , and then had called out to the twins , who were clamouring for her upstairs somewhere . |
| 13 | He was a guest on This is Your Life , and I introduced him first as Peggy Ashdown , and then had to concentrate hard in case I called him Paddy Ashcroft … |
| 14 | Sunil made a brief , VIP-like appearance , and then had to rush off to get a ticket . |
| 15 | It is rubbed into the hair and scalp and then left to dry naturally , because using a hair dryer can destroy its effectiveness . |
| 16 | How typical it is of British government that the barrage dream should be allowed to dribble on and then left to fizzle out . |
| 17 | Robyn took a gulp , swore she would n't gabble and then proceeded to do just that ‘ Umm — hello , this is Robyn . |
| 18 | He waved me to a halt , and then proceeded to ask why on earth I , a gringo , had driven all this way , to what was evidently one of the least visited and least remarkable villages in all Panama . |
| 19 | His Lordship reviewed the nineteenth century case law which evidenced the broad application of natural justice and then proceeded to consider why , given these authorities , the law had become confused . |
| 20 | ‘ Because I was injured in my first game for Villa and then kept breaking down in training , I never had the chance to get sharp and readjust to the speed of the English game . |
| 21 | ‘ Because I was injured in my first game for Villa and then kept breaking down in training , I never had the chance to get sharp and readjust to the speed of the English game . |
| 22 | From that time onwards they simply diverted their genuine traffic through other circuits and then arranged to send carefully prepared disinformation over the tapped lines . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps Nigel had come earlier and killed him and then arranged to come back and find the body . ’ |
| 24 | Hundreds of birds are trapped each winter in the Berkeley New Decoy and then ringed to monitor where they migrate to and how long they live . |
| 25 | Like a pebble in a well-shaft , the words fell into the void and then came rushing back from invisible walls , echoing above the roar of the water : ‘ it is death … is death … is death ! ’ |
| 26 | Not knowing what else to do , Theda first found a fresh cap and tucked away her dangerous locks , and then began to lay out her clothes , retrieving her portmanteau from under the bed . |
| 27 | As — to many people 's surprise — Russian resistance first held up and then began to turn back the Nazi forces , the Communists , identification with the Soviet Union became their major attraction to tens of thousands of new recruits . |
| 28 | When the meal was over , they helped Lizzie to clear away , taking the picnic things back into the house , and then began sorting out Sara 's luggage . |
| 29 | He took his pulse again to calm himself ( it had gone up to sixty-five ) and then began to concentrate hard on gathering up the bits of himself . |
| 30 | Fifteen minutes later he moved from the window , tore up some pages , sat looking at the scraps , and then began to write again . |