Example sentences of "then [det] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that plant removed the distress and brought serenity to mind , then that was the plant to be used . |
| 2 | And if it did n't — if Klein was wrong and his handiwork remained undiscovered forever — then that was the truest vision of all . |
| 3 | and somehow I do n't know how , but somehow they always knew when the train was being loaded up with tanks and then that was the night we would get a raid and of course , you see , they all ra tried for the station . |
| 4 | I then er , we then broke away and went up to the er , I suppose it 's the , I do n't know what part of the , but it 's the Dales , that 's where I moved to then and then to because my dad could n't , getting on in years , he could n't take the hills up and then from I got married and we moved into this address here and then that was the day after war was declared that I got married . |
| 5 | ‘ Then that was the king . |
| 6 | But then that was the problem . |
| 7 | But then that was the role she played obviously |
| 8 | As Table 2.10 shows , the single most important reason for taking a temporary job was that a permanent job was not available , although even then this was the reason given by only one third of all temporary workers . |
| 9 | If the old Thames trades had still persisted , if boatmen had still made a living from taking the coins from the pockets of the drowned , then this was the hour for them to watch . |
| 10 | Now that 's not uncommon in London these days , but then this was the sticks . |