Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Then I said what I can do — organise , put twenty-four hours in a day and I 'm energetic .
2 When his initial interest waned , the teacher paid no more attention to him : ‘ Then I realized what he was interested in me for and we ended up just walking past each other , completely ignoring each other . ’
3 Then I realized what I was saying .
4 ‘ When I was in India , I thought then I knew what it was I might believe in .
5 my daddy goes erm where will you be so I can in touch with you by phone laughing cos they were shouting at me and then he said to me and then I told him it was n't and he goes so why do you go
6 ‘ It was then I told her I would divorce my wife and marry her . ’
7 ‘ I felt like you at first , then I realised what it meant .
8 Then I realised what I was saying , and it sort of realised that it was n't really a a complimentary thing to say to her .
9 And then I remembered what she had said .
10 Then I provided what I hoped to be the optimum conditions for healthy growth — perfect drainage .
11 Then you knew what he was eating .
12 Then she realized what she had said and put a hand over her mouth in consternation .
13 Then she said what you laughing at .
14 And then she heard them she was harassed .
15 Then she told me she 'd been offered a part in Jane Eyre at Warrington rep and did I think she ought to accept .
16 Then she told herself he had only got the better of her because she was , as he had so rightly said , suffering from shock and exhaustion .
17 It was only then she saw what she should have noticed immediately : a bunch of keys with one stuck in the lock , many of them hung with labels .
18 And then she saw what she had not seen before .
19 Then she convinced him he was to say no more about leaving and get back to the story he had been working on when the row blew up .
20 Then she bought whatever it was and paid their price without worrying too much about the provenance .
21 Then she examined what she could of her singed hair , licked her cut lip better and tried to smooth her broken nails .
22 Then she remembered what he really wanted from her and her rage burst forth like fire .
23 I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh .
24 I mean they cut in through Manchuria down the north to , to , across to north China plain , had taken the cities on the eastern seaboard which was what they wanted , I mean th th they really was n't any point in controlling the rural south , it would have taken so many troops , so much administration if they 'd that then they had everything they wanted from the trading ports so there was n't that Japanese presence and so the clearly was different .
25 Then they discussed what they had in mind for the publicity .
26 I wanted to cut my hair short , and they allowed it for a while , until they discovered from a ‘ friend ’ that I am a lesbian , and then they tried everything they could to stop me dressing as I used to .
27 ‘ Where did you get the Hell 's Angels outfit ? ’ he asked , then he realized what he 'd said .
28 Then he asked what she was doing .
29 Brom not Brompton Barracks , Barracks , and I saw him there first of all and then he told me they were going send me to Tidworth .
30 ‘ But then he told me he wanted to be a woman .
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