Example sentences of "then [pron] [be] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , even then I was thinking that we might , in actual fact , start looking at attainment target one and certainly fill in , you know |
| 2 | Then I was told that my confirmed interview with Ortega was not going to happen . |
| 3 | Then I was told that girls were being taken on the railways so I had to go to Ipswich and take two more exams and started work as a booking clerk at Needham Station when I was sixteen . |
| 4 | Er taking off and sending telegrams , you see , erm then I was told that the Railway Company wer were taking girls on again , so I applied and I had to go to Ipswich to pass two more exams , you see , and er and started work and the in the Catering Manager 's office at Ipswich Station as , as a clerk doing typing and general office work as the Manager had to go on the district . |
| 5 | Then we were told that when the poll tax really bit , capping would not be necessary . |
| 6 | It was n't our best position , but the supporters of O M O V would n't listen , would n't consider and you 've heard Tom 's record of those sad events , and of course then we were told that the Party leader says it would be administratively impossible to put the register in place this year in any event . |
| 7 | I listened in even though I had heard most of it before and then we were told that anybody who had never been in a canoe before had to carry out capsize drills . |
| 8 | They should be doing that work , if they 're asking us to design a remit , price it and then they 're using that remit to get prices from other people , er I would suggest that , that we perhaps ought to have words with our clients on that basis a and say we 're quite happy to tender in competition but erm i you ought to give it a little bit of thought before you actually put the thing . |
| 9 | Then they were told that he looked a lot like Clinton — and suddenly his ratings rocketed . |
| 10 | If this cycle obtains , then it is argued that government is controlled , and public policy is congruent with the wishes of the majority of the electorate for most of the time . |
| 11 | Provided that labour and capital are perfectly mobile , that factors of production are fully employed and that there exists free competition , then it is argued that market forces will ensure the removal of spatial disparities . |
| 12 | Then it is said that court time will be taken up by considering a mass of Parliamentary material and long arguments about its significance , thereby increasing the expense of litigation . |
| 13 | If a method can be devised of enabling employees to acquire and sell shares in an unquoted company , and benefit from the increase in value of those shares over the employee 's period of ownership , then it is perceived that employees will wish to participate in the share capital and growth of their employing company and will be motivated to work to increase the value of the business . |
| 14 | If this does need to be done then it is recommended that the run be aborted and restarted at Option 6 , but sometimes Option 5 will be necessary . |
| 15 | If you are installing LIFESPAN for the first time , then it is recommended that you create up to three LIFESPAN Processes , as described below . |
| 16 | When it is pointed out that a number of Labour programmes have been markedly radical , as in 1945 and 1983 , then it is claimed that the leaders have failed to be behind them and give them their solid backing and support . |
| 17 | By then it is expected that all sides will have an agreement to keep the EFA flying . |
| 18 | But if someone is accused of a crime and then it is proved that the accuser is lying , the accuser is immediately killed . |
| 19 | Then it is found that where the i are the roots of a polynomial derived from that assumed for z(t) . |
| 20 | If one side of the package is replaced by a glass window , so that light can fall on the memory cells , then it is found that the incident light accelerates the decay process in manner proportional both to the intensity and to the duration of the exposure . |
| 21 | In the event that the Director is required to provide his services in excess of five days after 22 December 1989 , then it is agreed that he shall be reimbursed at the rate of £200 per diem . |
| 22 | Because gene frequencies are generally presumed to change in phylogeny , then it is suggested that genes must be doing the real work in ontogeny . |
| 23 | … Then it is suggested that , although an individual can sue for a libel upon him in relation to his business , or even the members of a partnership may maintain a joint action for such a libel , yet that an incorporated company can not . |
| 24 | So , pluralists argue that if those of economic wealth are not directly involved in public policy-making then this is some kind of proof that they lack political power , but if poorer people are not directly involved then it is suggested that they are satisfied and enjoy power because politicians will " anticipate " their concerns and they themselves possess the " potential " to organise for their own advantage . |
| 25 | Then it was said that we needed a dedicated rail route , which would pass through Kent , and which would obviously affect the prospects of some Conservative Members in marginal constituencies . |
| 26 | Some uncertainty was admitted in relation to those factors , and ways of studying the impact of such uncertainties were shown , but then it was assumed that the uncertainties themselves were reasonably structured such that rough probabilities of outcomes could be assigned . |
| 27 | Then it was arranged that Hoare should on the way spend a day or so in Paris talking to Laval , who was temporarily Prime Minister as well as Foreign Minister of France . |
| 28 | Then it was discovered that the packages held instructions for a local firm 's staff on a ‘ development exercise ’ . |
| 29 | Then it was discovered that they are only the larvae of a very well known animal . |
| 30 | Then it was discovered that birds such as pigeons and swifts have difficulty navigating if their sense of smell is damaged . |