StringNet search result

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

No	Sentence
1	I took it out of the bed and stared at it , then I put it on the table beside my bed and put out the lights .
2	I carried mine , then I put it in my pocket and further along the route I gave it to someone in the crowd . ’
3	I put the small boat on my shoulders and carried it to the edge of the water , then I put it in the sea .
4	Then I sent it to him .
5	Then I rode it in a in an old Burberry and I do n't how I started it , I think it was kick start .
6	Then I heard it in Coronation Street … ‘
7	If I think hard work is admirable then I seek it in others and overreact ( often on limited data ) when I think I see it in others .
8	‘ Then I sold it for a Telecaster , which I hated , because the Tele did n't have any knobs ; it was a real simple guitar and I did n't like it , so I bought a Les Paul and I loved it .
9	I shuffled down the shingle until I felt the mush of dry seaweed , and then I explored it with my hands — yes , it was just the stuff one would expect , weed , and here and there a bit of wood .
10	And then I got it into my head to try a little art .
11	Then I drive it at a brick wall .
12	‘ 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 .
13	Alright then I use it with my feet
14	And then I finished it in one go .
15	I 've got it back two or three times and then I failed it in the end .
16	Then I tried it on the pasture , but that was a bit rough , so I thought I would ride it down the new road through the iron gate leading out of my land .
17	‘ If it is then I give it to you gladly . ’
18	Last girl to leave turns it off at night , then I puts it on next morning .
19	And he did it to mine and then I did it to his , and you repaired his but you never did mine .
20	‘ I started a similar scheme in Wellington , but then I did it at the same hour on the same day every week .
21	Er well I come up here about every two to three weeks and then then I leave it for about two months and then er you know do it that way .
22	‘ It was probably hit on the road and then somebody threw it into the lake , ’ Ross Aldridge , the young constable , told her .
23	You go to the pantry , get on your hands then you take it into the dining room
24	First you mix the dough , then you pat it into shape , like a figure in a Nativity crib , with all his fingers , and little fingernails , you make them with a toothpick , and his face , not forgetting ears and nostrils and eyebrows , and you put in his navel , making a little indentation , and you roll some dough for his thingamajig . ’
25	Then you put it on the window sill for people to admire so heaven knows how many went that way . ’
26	Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle .
27	We buy a nice little time manager thing , with little pink elephants in it , and goodness knows what , and we spend eight hundred pounds to get something to tell us how to time manage , and you really get enthusiastic about this for three months , and then you put it in the drawer and go back to your diary .
28	Then you strip it of its bark and , while the wood is still green and supple , you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string , When you 've done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh , I suppose about three months .
29	Then you evaluate it against your own particular conception of what makes a DTP package .
30	You just need the bike to turn a little bit and as soon as it 's spinning it turns just enough to where you can pick the bike up and then you nail it off the corner . ’