Example sentences of "and then [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that a bird — the same one or another — fell through the chimney into the grate and then fluttered and banged in terror around the room . |
| 2 | He looked explosive , and then laughed and gave her a kiss on her flushed and papery cheek and bought them both a bottle of wine in the wagon restaurant for tea . |
| 3 | He gave her a puzzled glance and then shrugged and pressed the right switches . |
| 4 | He glanced from Alexei to Jehana , and then shrugged and strode after his wife . |
| 5 | She looked at it and then shrugged and turned away , and the brief light that had illuminated him spluttered and died . |
| 6 | He stared at her for a moment and then shrugged and moved out of the kitchen and towards the back door . |
| 7 | United kept Scunthorpe out and then went and made sure of victory with the second goal after seventy five minutes … no marks for slack defending by Scunthorpe … top marks for tenacity from skipper Derek hall … and that was his third strike of the season … |
| 8 | I do n't know if she was just wandering around , but , you know and erm I went up to , went and got the keys and then went and locked the door again . |
| 9 | He stood outside the door and cried and then went and drank until he was out cold . |
| 10 | ‘ Rain , after I rang you this morning I made a few more enquiries and then went and told Barbara she was to come with me . ’ |
| 11 | She now stripped the partition of the clothes , threw them on the bed , and then went and lifted the lid off the case , only to find that it , too , was full of clothes , both the woman 's and the child 's . |
| 12 | And then went and bought another fresh chicken had to pay even more money for it . |
| 13 | Held , perhaps , by the crimson rope-lights , as Nuadu was held , and then butchered and slain and thrown into a dark woodshed , to await burning in the heart of a necromancer 's fiery furnace … |
| 14 | Tutilo did not look up until they were very close , and then blinked and peered as though he had difficulty in recognizing even a well-known face . |
| 15 | Tri-coloured pochards with chestnut heads , glossy black chests and pale grey bodies paddled beside grey-brown mottled females — and then upped and dived smoothly , disappearing under water to bob up again many yards distant . |
| 16 | And then ranted and raved cos she probably just about going off then , you see it woke her up all the fuss and kerfuffle ! |
| 17 | She paused and then smiled and said , ‘ They wear rings around their fingers and have ties around their hearts . ’ |
| 18 | And then smiled and said , ‘ Leila , you look wonderful . ’ |
| 19 | Elizabeth waited for a moment as though for someone else to open the door and then rose and went to do so herself . |
| 20 | The APAAP technique was used for CD25 and CD15 with fast red as substrate , and then counterstained and mounted as described above . |
| 21 | He kicked irritably at the metal fence and then turned and headed back towards the car , hands dug deep into the pockets of his jacket . |
| 22 | I crawled in a fruitless search all the way back to the tree and then turned and crawled away again on a slightly different line , looking , looking , hope draining away yard by yard in progressive debility , resolution ebbing with failure . |
| 23 | ‘ Work it out for yourself , ’ she said , and then turned and ran . |
| 24 | Fru Møller set down Miss Danziger 's breakfast herself and then turned and called , ‘ Bertha ! |
| 25 | He moved agitatedly across the room and then turned and came back to stand over Briant 's chair . |
| 26 | He watched the engineer go , and then turned and let them take him up to the wall-walk , and down into the beleaguered city where , once , the Genoese had planned to keep him hostage while his company fought for Carlotta . |
| 27 | ‘ Twelve ships , led by one of Earl Siward 's , unloaded nearly a thousand men at the mouth of the river Leven and then turned and sailed out . |
| 28 | She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat . |
| 29 | She stepped out of the dress and then turned and sat on the bed , rather heavily ; smiling at Wayne to show that she was okay , she kicked off her shoes one at a time . |
| 30 | I forced a smile and then turned and fled to my room . |