Example sentences of "then [pron] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 2 | By then I was on the dole . |
| 3 | I started shoplifting again and then I was on remand . |
| 4 | By then I was on my feet and I could see her face , the cheeks marked by the slaps he had given her , the eyes showing signs of intelligence again . |
| 5 | Er and then I was on my own time in the buffing shop , and I was getting a man 's wages . |
| 6 | then I was on this roller and then we got er started up at the power station with the |
| 7 | Then I was on the phone in na lower school . |
| 8 | But by then I was into my new place and I felt shot of the stuff . |
| 9 | Then I was at my own ship , dismounting from the floater — and abruptly halting . |
| 10 | And then I was at Crantit . |
| 11 | Then I was in a tram , rushing across the snowy wilderness . |
| 12 | Then I was in the corridor , having an intimate talk with an old friend who could no longer stand . |
| 13 | ‘ Then — then I was in the gardens … ‘ |
| 14 | Then I was in the hospital for a fortnight and they gave me Librium and I was really ill at that time . |
| 15 | By then I was in front of the television with tea and biscuits watching the news . |
| 16 | Then I was in another ship , three years ago , and we saw this island . |
| 17 | If it was more , then I was in trouble . |
| 18 | But by then I was in love . |
| 19 | That might have pleased me , but by then I was in an advanced state of fear-chill , feeling nothing much except numb . |
| 20 | And then I was in bed , with sheets riveted over my body up to my chin . |
| 21 | But erm so being in hospital two years and then I was in St Giles for eighteen months , which is like Stoke Mandeville |
| 22 | At the same moment two Bf109s which had obviously stationed themselves too high to catch us in our initial attack , flashed past in a steep dive and then I was within range of the remaining Italian pilots once again . ’ |
| 23 | See th this is what I 'm saying , you 'd done all them hours and then you was at it again on the weekend . |
| 24 | The catamaran shook its bows against the swell , then she was through the wind and on to the other tack with the sails drawing sweetly . |
| 25 | He bore it all very well , she thought , but by then she was past caring how he was taking it . |
| 26 | Then she was on the ground with Allen beside her . |
| 27 | Then she was at his side , sobbing breathlessly , muttering to him again and again . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd not even seen Leanne for about four months and then she was with him , but I got half my arm blown away . ’ |
| 29 | Such a practice was frowned on by the church , and instructions were given to the warden of the building that if any young woman allowed a man to stay overnight then she was to be reported to the Mother Superior . |
| 30 | That 's why , she 'll be better to stick it and then she was to Aunty Anne 's . |