Example sentences of "then [vb past] [adv] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first Hunter then lunged forward and grabbed hold of Spike 's chest . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course Mikey waited until they went to sleep then got underneath and dug it up , ’ chortles a chap in a Hot Tuna sweatshirt . |
| 3 | According to Walter Map this was his mother 's teaching : he should keep aspirants waiting in hope , she said , deliberately spinning out their affairs , for an unruly hawk , if meat is held out to it and then snatched away or hid , will become keener and more inclined to be attentive and obedient . |
| 4 | I stumbled back and sat down heavily on the plinth , then staggered upright and pulled my cords back up . |
| 5 | They made their money out of sugar and slaves and then moved here and made a fine place of the house . |
| 6 | Doone made as if to go after him , then stopped indecisively and came back . |
| 7 | He straightened , then bent forward and tapped at the white plastic strip on the kitchen window ledge which retained the cheaply horrid secondary double-glazing the flat 's owners had fitted . |
| 8 | The finished case is thrown upon the floor ; the long narrow strip which is to form the frame of the drawer is laid upon the bright strip of ready-pasted paper , then bent together and joined by an overlapping bit of paper ; the edges of paper below are bent flat , the ready-cut bottom is dropped in and pressed down and before the fingers are withdrawn they fold over the upper edges of the paper inside the top . |
| 9 | A few minutes later they had acknowledged Mr Bryant and his daughter outside their house , and then trudged home and stood chatting for some time on the doorstep . |
| 10 | Hans hesitated , then came forward and kissed his father 's cheek . |
| 11 | ‘ I went to Co Tyrone , my mother 's county , with the cup all day and then came home and sat at the fire with my wife and talked about the hotel and what had gone on that day . ’ |
| 12 | They opened for a moment , then closed , then opened again and gazed at Marcus 's face . |
| 13 | But once you 've gone down and turned left then turned right and gone ahead |
| 14 | At the junction with the road she braked just long enough to see that nothing was coming then turned right and careered wildly down the long hill into the village . |
| 15 | Afterwards , Angelo Dundee , who had trained Ali from the start and had to be talked into showing up for this one , watched him slumped in the dressing-room , then turned away and rubbed his eyes as certain people tried to convince Ali that he had been robbed and that a fourth title was still possible . |
| 16 | He forced himself to bow politely , and then turned away and began to descend the stairs . |
| 17 | He put out his hand , as though he would touch her again , then turned quickly and walked away . |
| 18 | He stared wide-eyed , then turned aside and looked disdainful while the grizzled , worn features of Duran were screwed up to hide his frustration . |
| 19 | With the hem of his gallibaya caught between his teeth to keep it dry , the boatman waded into the river , pushed the bow out , then climbed aboard and swung the tiller over . |
| 20 | She saw us as allies and babbled to us in a mixture of French and Arabic throughout the hymns , then sighed loudly and looked out of the window as the prayers droned on . |
| 21 | The apprentice put the ladle to its mouth , then nodded appreciatively and started back down the ladder as the seneschal continued , going against tradition . |
| 22 | He glared at me and then walked past and had a sharp look around the office . |
| 23 | He allowed her to take the bag and then brushed past and headed for the door . |
| 24 | A thick stolon was much delayed in its passage ; at one place it was forced to turn at right angles to its former course ; at another place it could not pass through the pins , and the hinder part became bowed ; it then curved upwards and passed through an opening between the upper part of some pins which happen to diverge ; it then descended and finally emerged through the crowd ’ ( Darwin , 1880 ) . |
| 25 | He smiled in innocent self-reproach , then swung sternly and made the reverse V-sign at the watchful waiter . |
| 26 | He kept pulling on the stick , then swung away and made to carry it off . |
| 27 | The lift doors parted and he smiled fleetingly at the couple who emerged then stepped inside and pressed the button for the seventh floor . |
| 28 | I stopped , felt better , then started again and felt ten times worse . |
| 29 | I then er , we then broke away and went up to the er , I suppose it 's the , I do n't know what part of the , but it 's the Dales , that 's where I moved to then and then to because my dad could n't , getting on in years , he could n't take the hills up and then from I got married and we moved into this address here and then that was the day after war was declared that I got married . |
| 30 | ‘ Gobble-gobble , gubble-gubble , tickledy pouffela ha ! ’ he cried in a silly , mimicking voice , then laughed raucously and flipped Mister Johnny 's bow tie undone . |