Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Cos if I lose twenty eight pound then you , then you sponsor me for
2 I see , you criticize my appearance , and then you stab me in the back !
3 But then she scratched me between the ears and I started purring despite myself .
4 Then she told me about her knitting sideline .
5 Then she took me to the centre by saying that she had asked my husband and had given permission .
6 Then she looked me in the eye and smiled .
7 Then she invited me to dinner .
8 And then she wanted me to sort of layer it in which would look better cos she wanted to keep the fringe longer .
9 I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall .
10 Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ .
11 I waited there for what seemed ages , and then they put me in a room on my own and told me to put on a paper gown .
12 Then they put me in a room and asked me questions .
13 Then they took me into a room and told me to take my dress off .
14 Then they took me to a room where I was in solitary confinement .
15 Then they took me to where the police found me .
16 ‘ One dog jumped up and bit off my ear then they pulled me to the ground .
17 and erm and then they tried me on painting .
18 People see me in a certain way at school , as someone outspoken and good at English ; then they see me with my head covered , and suddenly they seem to be thinking : submissive .
19 So with you mentioning leather then it leads me onto another question erm was there much done in the way of leather work in the Caldmore area ?
20 Then he tells me about the clothes allowance , and then I know why Sue looks so dishy three times a week , and then I start to salivate because you get to keep them !
21 At first I refused , but then he told me of Daniel 's murder , and said no-one would believe I was not implicated … ’
22 Then he told me to ‘ keep on fighting ’ and keep in touch .
23 Then he told me about chaology , which he called the new buzz thing .
24 Then he told me about his climb up Iceland 's highest mountain .
25 I was 45 before I spoke with Toscanini and then he attacked me for doing Debussy 's Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala in French .
26 She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car .
27 Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good
28 Then he took me in both hands and pushed my legs into the top of the bone .
29 Just then he noticed me for the first time .
30 Then he got me to Bryn Mawr .
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