Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] then he " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |
| 2 | I expect it was one of these walks you know , and Ian found a stick and then he thought Tim would like one . |
| 3 | ‘ I just heard a whoosh and then he was on fire , ’ said 19-year-old Mr Nellis , of Conway Drive , Thorntree , Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | There was a blank look on his face for a second and then he went on , ‘ Well , everything would have been different … everything . |
| 5 | Well he 's a ministerial servant at last he was just sitting there and nothing you know for years since I 've came into the truth , he was , he was n't doing at all nothing and then lately erm , because he did , he did have a business and then he had er some pigeons er racing pigeons and all he was all involved more in making money and er you know , and then gradually he 's got rid of er , of the things that will actually er took a lot of his time , so he spent a lot of time with his family and with in the |
| 6 | I heard his voice stop for a moment and then he went on . |
| 7 | He took her hand in his warm clasp for a moment and then he said , ‘ You must pour from it at once and lay the ghost . |
| 8 | Mitch was thoughtful too for a moment and then he asked , ‘ Why did n't you tell him you spoke Spanish ? ’ |
| 9 | He looked at her and frowned as though he would make a denial and then he saw from her face that she knew the truth . |
| 10 | The person chosen puts his face in the frame as if he is a picture and then he has to try not to laugh as the rest tell their best jokes and make the funniest expressions . |
| 11 | On the latter 's arrival , they had talked to him for a while and then he had gone off with them . |
| 12 | George watched her in silence for a while and then he said in a low voice , ‘ I say did I offend you just now ? |
| 13 | And he stood and listened to this for a while and then he thought he was delayed long enough so he set off home . |
| 14 | So watch them for a while and then he started dancing with them and he dance them all night and he just get in his hand . |
| 15 | I gave him a pizza and then he . |
| 16 | He sat silently for a minute and then he got up and walked out . |
| 17 | My brother tt he er had a bicycle and then he joined up , er we did have a hectic time , he could make anything go . |
| 18 | he only went about a week and then he closed . |
| 19 | They caught a glimpse of his robe in the candlelight , but only a glimpse because then he moved into the shadows and it was only by Mordecai 's gestures that they could tell where he was . |
| 20 | He also lived at Pinner and erm then the work dried up and he first of all he did work was a postman at Christmas time , you know just as a thing and then he started you know then he became full time you know . |
| 21 | There was a silence and then he turned . |
| 22 | There was a silence and then he added something that stayed in my mind more than the chains , more , in fact , than anything else he had said . |
| 23 | so , so then Anita goes , no I go tell him to put it in a letter then , yeah , and he was gon na put it in a letter and then he changed his mind and he said he was gon na ask me after school , but then he did n't ask me after school and Kate gave him my phone number and then he phoned me |
| 24 | Give Daddy a surprise and then he can come up and play the computer . |
| 25 | Had a very , very good over from Bill Tufnell there , it 's always a bit tricky when you come on to bowl and it 's turning and it 's a long day ahead and you , you 're expected to get hissed and you expect to get hissed , and you can get very impatient when they do n't come , but he 's got one now , he 's got , now he 's bowled well all morning now , he 's bowled almost for an hour , but he 's got that one wicket and he , that over was full of confidence , he tossed one up , misjudged the length and got into a bit of a tangle and then he bowled a quicker one which tried to cut , he then misjudged the pace and he could off nick it to the , a very , very good over and he 's bowling with , with great confidence at the moment . |
| 26 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 27 | Well I never heard the well he had applied once before and he he got as far an interview and then he did n't get any further . |