Example sentences of "an [noun] [conj] then [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an instant I thought I saw his face behind the mask — it was only an instant and then it was gone , but I nearly fainted . |
| 2 | The conversation carried on for half an hour and then they parted company as she went to work and he went off to his job . |
| 3 | You can get back from York in quarter of an hour and then you can be sat there for |
| 4 | Christine , you 've got a quarter of an hour and then you go out on the table , cos that dinner is going anywhere |
| 5 | It 's like all plotted and you have like fifteen minutes with them , then half an hour and then it 's awful , it 's , it 's so you feel like you 're a |
| 6 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll be in first thing for half an hour and then I 'm off alright . |
| 8 | for half an hour and then I 'm releasing Moira so she can go for half an hour , she 's |
| 9 | You er , put an apostrophe and then you put an s on . |
| 10 | er an attempt and then I thought , No I 'm not |
| 11 | Well I never heard the well he had applied once before and he he got as far an interview and then he did n't get any further . |
| 12 | Right , yeah i I 've got a , I need to set a date with Catherine , an appraisal and then we 'll be , are you not looking forward to it ? |
| 13 | At first I gave her oral sex while she was sitting in an armchair and then we had full sex with a condom . |
| 14 | Well you could do an outline and then you could shadow it . |
| 15 | Perhaps I would n't want to do it before an audience but then I 've never performed for others . |
| 16 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 17 | Not unless you have to an amniocentesis and then they 'll tell you if you want ? |
| 18 | Harriet was an exception but then she was reared by an exceptional man . |
| 19 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 20 | But if you send an estimate you more or less have to say what you 're moving as well because if there 's more than that and you do n't put down what you 're moving then you 're p stuck with the estimate really and in p practice that 's what usually happens , you give an estimate and then you do it for that price . |
| 21 | I 'm suggesting we send that man a voucher for fifty pound that his company or he puts towards the next time they buy a full fare or an Apex and then we actually get fifty quid or a hundred and fifty quid . |