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

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1 Then he left for the warmth of his blankets .
2 Then he fell in the mud … )
3 Then he dragged in the two devil dogs and left them guarding the door so Mr Mounsa could n't leave , Liverpool Crown Court was told .
4 Then he tottered to the home , polybag empty of crusts .
5 Then he paused for a moment .
6 Then he tucked into the ‘ pan fried calves liver with sauted apples served with a crisp stir fry of mange tout . ’
7 Then he looked at the linen she was holding across her arms , and she followed his gaze and said , as she motioned her hand towards the door , ‘ This … this is our house too .
8 Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived .
9 Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself .
10 Then he looked at the dead woman .
11 and then he looked at the man .
12 Then he looked at the jury , and said very loudly : ‘ Sarah did not buy the toothpaste .
13 Then he looked at the Earl .
14 and then he looked at the row of trolleys tangled in the front of the car .
15 parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything
16 Then he looked along the rope .
17 Then he looked under the table , ‘ Oh no — it was the table leg .
18 Then he looked in a railway timetable for a town that he did not know .
19 then he looked in the baby 's bouncy chair .
20 Then he looked in the car , saw my father crumpled up and started to speak .
21 Then he looked in the pram and saw Steffine and put the knife on her face .
22 Then he looked after the income tax , which was a bit of a headache .
23 Then he looked like a frightened animal .
24 Brookhead Smith loaded the cabinet with the gramophone inside it on to the back of his cart , then he looked around the shed to see if there were any more records lying about .
25 Then he looked round the room .
26 Then he landed in a bunker , shot over the green and putted twice .
27 Then he spat in the road , and delivered himself of a surly condemnation .
28 Then he gestured towards the ’ rise ahead , and to a path snaking into the undergrowth .
29 Then he heaved in a breath that must have gone right down to his toes , and his whole body arched and stiffened , and then relaxed on as prolonged an exhalation .
30 Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time .
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