Example sentences of "then she [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 2 | Doreen 's jaw sagged slightly , then she muttered in a sulky manner , ‘ I suppose so — ’ |
| 3 | Rachel asked the switchboard to page Dr Markham in his meeting , then she sent for Greg and the factory ambulance . |
| 4 | Then she stiffened in shocked disbelief , the Campari bottle poised precariously over her glass . |
| 5 | ( 141 ) She just about made me carry her upstairs and then she clung to me … |
| 6 | Then she stooped with a broad smile to address Emily . |
| 7 | Then she rode to Scathach , who stood with his arms folded and his eyes narrowed , watching his sister . |
| 8 | So then she cut through the dining room and into the lounge , where she found him sitting in front of the big Sony TV . |
| 9 | Then she yelled at nobody in particular , ‘ Who 's doing this ? |
| 10 | Then she crept into the kitchen , stole an envelope and a stamp from the kitchen drawer , and ran to the corner to mail her letter before she could change her mind . |
| 11 | Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’ |
| 12 | Then she added with a light laugh , ‘ I do not think , Creggan , that you could stop me . ’ |
| 13 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 14 | Then she added with sudden firmness , ‘ But after that I shall go home . |
| 15 | Then she added in a confiding tone : ‘ Of course , she was not much with her husband really — and I think that helps — she is n't reminded of him at every turn , like an ordinary widow would be . ’ |
| 16 | Then she added in an oddly tantalising tone , ‘ Today 's my morning at the hospital . ’ |
| 17 | She was always moaning and complaining , she was always ill with something , then she died of leukaemia . ’ |
| 18 | She nodded dismissively at Joe , who glared and stamped back to the pigs , and then she came into the milking house and leaned against the far wall , looking across at Jinny . |
| 19 | Mother answered , then she came into the sitting-room and announced , ‘ Clare 's coming home . ’ |
| 20 | I said ju , I said to him then she came on the phone I was o ages on the phone and she said er I said you just take it as if it 's a day off and |
| 21 | Then she came to London and I saw her sitting in the twelfth or thirteenth row of the Royal Festival Hall . |
| 22 | Then she came to the conclusion that it might make things easier . |
| 23 | And then she came to a small rise in the land and there was a man , his head under his arm . |
| 24 | And then she came to me and she said , take four of us away and I just said , No I 'm sorry he wo n't . |
| 25 | Then she went into a shop and said : ‘ Do you realise mummy ca n't come into your shop because there 's such a big step . ’ |
| 26 | Then she went into the cottage and closed the door and I came out of hiding . |
| 27 | ‘ Mrs Wright asked if I wanted a lift home , then she went to that house , the one in the photograph . ’ |
| 28 | Then she went to bed exhausted and , for the first time since her terror started , slept well . |
| 29 | Then she went to the sink and filled it with lukewarm water and made the water frothy with soap-powder . |
| 30 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |