Example sentences of "then i [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 're coming I do n't think I 'm taking for a couple of months , and then I take them every fortnight . |
| 2 | Right then I take it the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting haven been circulated already ? |
| 3 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 4 | And then I saw her the next day and and then I realized the and then I came back home and I told her why does n't she see there 's something changed . |
| 5 | Okay , then I get it every month . |
| 6 | ‘ Huh , ’ she said , and then smiled faintly as she said , ‘ odd , you know : you tell me that Annie 's a good woman , and I suppose she is , but I ca n't stand the sight of her ; then I tell you the constable 's a good man , and you know he is , and you ca n't stand the sight of him . |
| 7 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
| 8 | We talked a bit then I gave him a lift back to his hotel . |
| 9 | Then I gave him the slip and came to London . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Then I owe you the most sincere apologies , Sir James , ’ he commented . |
| 11 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |