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

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1 Then he looked her in the eye .
2 For a second he looked exasperated and then he murmured something in his own language and suddenly drew her to her feet , his hands gripping hers , steadying her and comforting .
3 Then he said something in a very low voice , while gesturing at the bruiser with the wallet .
4 Then he jabbed him in the ribs again .
5 Then he took me in both hands and pushed my legs into the top of the bone .
6 He said yes Mrs well then he followed me in the kitchen , stood behind me and I thought what the hell 's he hanging about for , I 'm gon na take it to him and the , his son- in-law was there
7 Then he hanged himself in the garage close to where he found battered Marion dying last week .
8 Then he dumped her in a ditch beside the Denver to West Dereham road , just two miles from her home .
9 Then he pronounced himself in favour of Baldwin remaining in office to meet Parliament .
10 Then he found himself in conversation with the Queen and the subject cropped up .
11 He gazed at them in a kind of wonder as though they were some priceless and irreplaceable treasure , then he slipped them in his pocket .
12 And then he pulled her in close again and ravaged her neck so that Robyn shrieked aloud and knew all the while that she was falling deeper and deeper …
13 Her hair had been pinned up , and he brought it tumbling down around her face as he raked his fingers through it , then he gripped it in a bunch at the back of her head so that he could more easily drag his mouth over her upturned lips in a kiss that sent spasms of unwanted desire shooting to the depths of her being .
14 Then he called him in a loud voice , and said to me , ‘ I think John Bunyan must be deaf . ’
15 Then he put it in the bag and wrapped the blanket round the bottle .
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