Example sentences of "then [vb past] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She then stabbed him with a butcher 's knife hidden in the bouquet . |
| 2 | He clawed at the broken wheel that first dragged him across , then pinned him to the road . |
| 3 | Another guard frisked him expertly then led him up the steps into the house . |
| 4 | I tucked a ten-dollar bill into the pocket of his jacket , while he tried to wave my arm away , then clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 5 | He remembered how Izzy Kleiber had fought and kicked right to the end — until the moment when they lifted him up , then lowered him over the outer wall of the harbour , where the greedy river licked its oily lips and waited , invisible in the darkness below … . |
| 6 | Jotan took a cup out of the page 's hands , then dismissed him with a flick of his head . |
| 7 | While the pub had been emptying of its customers , and Fritz had been covering down behind the counter , Mrs Nora had grabbed a broom and , holding it in both hands like a bat , had waited until the Turk had turned to face her — and then cracked him across the forehead . |
| 8 | The proposed closure at Cortonwood , Rotherham , in the heart of the militant Yorkshire Area , then provided him with the opportunity to launch a strike , under Rule 41 and the 1981 Yorkshire ballot , without , as he perceived it , any need for the potentially damaging national ballot which Rule 43 demanded . |
| 9 | Holmes then told him about the death of Sir Charles . |
| 10 | Mark then told him of the occasion when he had been driving down O'Connell Street some twenty or so years before , when he had inadvertently misunderstood the hand signals of the policeman on traffic duty , and had moved off before he had been cleared to do so . |
| 11 | Michael , indicating the stairs and implying that he had to go straight on , then directed him to the left , upon which he said quietly , if a trifle reproachfully : ‘ You said straight on ’ . |
| 12 | Nicholas knelt , then lifted him to the base of the wall and knelt again , to make certain . |
| 13 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 14 | He describes it as being initiated by the Burgundian king 's brother , Godegisel , who made secret overtures to Clovis , persuaded him to invade Burgundy , and then joined him on the battlefield . |
| 15 | She resisted for no more than a second , then joined him in the secret dark underneath . |
| 16 | ‘ Well today you had just better fix it so there wo n't be any damage , ’ she said , and then speared him with a saccharin smile . |
| 17 | He then threatened him with a shotgun . |
| 18 | He was pursued by the customer who had been threatened , who caught up with him and knocked him off his motorcycle ; the offender then threatened him with the gun . |
| 19 | Dave was led away by police who arrested then released him without a formal charge . |
| 20 | She smiled as she leaned over then kissed him on the cheek . |
| 21 | When Culley passed , Jackson gave him a count of ten , then followed him towards the departures gate . |
| 22 | Helen had waited for five minutes , not knowing at all why , then followed him into the bedroom . |
| 23 | Paul Sharp , 27 , and David Sweeney , 28 , argued with the manager of the Step In Indian restaurant in Foregate Street , Chester , and then followed him into the kitchen , Chester Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 25 | Once satisfied , she took his pulse again , then watched him for a while . |
| 26 | David McPherson had deceived John O'Donnell , 25 , into going to Argyll with him then delivered him into the hands of several other men . |
| 27 | I read with interest of the lady golfer who , when confronted by a naked man wearing only a bowler hat , asked him whether he was a member , and then hit him with a Number 8 iron . |
| 28 | Fawcett then hit him with the hammer . |
| 29 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 30 | She once again passed Drew in the street at about 5.10 and then saw him at the theatre at 6.30 , when he came into her dressing room to ask if his make-up was correct . |