Example sentences of "then [pron] [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They feel the fighting is justified because their religion is something worth supporting and fighting for because if everybody just accepted what the other said then no-one would have the right to choose and end up with a dictatorship where one person is saying what they believe in and nobody fights back so everybody would end up having to agree . |
| 2 | In particular , if all assets were equally risky , then everyone would choose the one with the greatest expected payoff to holding it . |
| 3 | If a decision has been taken about liability for emotional injury one way or the other , and there can be no controversy what decision that is , then everyone should have a right that that decision be enforced until it is publicly disavowed in the same way . |
| 4 | And then I shall inform the Public Prosecutor 's department that I 've informed both of you . |
| 5 | If , at the end of several hours ' watching , I can walk into the Guitarist studio and sit behind the desk with any confidence at all , then I shall declare the whole operation a complete success . |
| 6 | ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks . |
| 7 | But some day — some day I 'll travel , and meet people , and know things , and then I shall write a true book — a book of experience . ’ |
| 8 | I could manage to lose five or six pounds and then I would break the diet , go back to normal food and put all the weight back on again . |
| 9 | Then I would do a recitation , sometimes one of Granda 's favourites like ‘ The Arab 's Farewell to his Steed ’ . |
| 10 | Then I would build a stage . |
| 11 | then I would build a trap of poisoned |
| 12 | If it does not — and Mrs. Murray states quite clearly that it does not — then I would regard the Home Secretary as having acted contrary to his policy . |
| 13 | I would finish unpacking , have a look at the cooker and set things ready for supper , then I would take a walk out to look at the sea , and gather kindling in case the evening turned chilly enough for a fire . |
| 14 | As Layton said , ‘ He 'd get off some line , and then I would take the part of a character and so on . |
| 15 | Then I would add a good UK trust such as the Foster Braithwaite UK Smaller Companies . |
| 16 | I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top |
| 17 | I would save some money and then I would find a man to marry me , especially if I promised to bring him to London . |
| 18 | And er then I would see the two two or three cleaners coming out and going on to the coach and cleaning them , and I would say to them , What are they for ? |
| 19 | Well now , at the end of that six months I 'd had varied success , sometimes I had poor periods when I was n't detecting much , then I would have a little break , do better , but at the end of the six months nobody told me whether I was stopping there , but twenty years later I did go back to uniform as an inspector . |
| 20 | Then I might get a couple of little soaps or something . |
| 21 | Then I might take the two out of the doll . |
| 22 | If I chose not to reap the benefits of this scheme then I might consider the fate of a few ungrateful citizens who had thought likewise and then seen their homes repossessed , had been inflicted with uncanny storms that ripped tiles from roof and threw chimney stacks into the street , had undergone torment at the hands of timeshare salespeople , had been billed for new and exorbitant taxes and had been struck off their doctors ' registers . |
| 23 | Then I might spend the rest |
| 24 | But then I might have a passenger whose company I am enjoying and do not want the intrusion . |
| 25 | Then I might have a chance of winning , at least for a week or two . |
| 26 | ‘ Then I 'll make a point of repeating it — at five-minute intervals . ’ |
| 27 | then I 'll make an appointment and just |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm going to the harbourmaster 's office to get this lot dealt with , ’ he raised a sheaf of forms and permits , ‘ then I 'll refill the fuel and water tanks . |
| 29 | ‘ Then I 'll stay an old maid . ’ |
| 30 | then I 'll drop the guy a couple of quid . |