Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then everyone raised their glasses in a spontaneous salute to the happy couple , to the perfect English village , to exotic foreign ladies , to the belle cuisine , to love , to life and above all , of course , to great detectives and their creator . |
| 2 | David says : ‘ After it finished , 18 of us from the course decided to carry on meeting but then everyone went their separate ways . |
| 3 | ‘ Then I met your father and we moved to the town . |
| 4 | Then I met my husband and was sure I 'd fallen in love with him because he cared so much . |
| 5 | Madness , of course , but then I met my husband . |
| 6 | Then I injured my knee , and during the time I had off to get my knee better , I discovered that there was life outside the ballet . |
| 7 | Why then I suck my teeth , and catechize |
| 8 | Then I put her face on her desk , supported by a heap of loose files . |
| 9 | some little bits round the fence first then I put her ordinary food on her hut and do you know that little old beggar was |
| 10 | Then I put my hair up with one hand and pretended I was a model . |
| 11 | Then I put my hands out to explore what I had tripped over . |
| 12 | And then I left my brolly at the chemist 's , and had to go back for it … ’ |
| 13 | It was then I had my first taste of prison . |
| 14 | Then I had my great idea ! |
| 15 | And , then I had my dinner in the night time . |
| 16 | Then I drove my combat boot onto his temple as Marius hit him again in the mouth . |
| 17 | I thought it was the other church , the one near the market , and I waited there till a quarter to twelve , and then I realized my mistake . |
| 18 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 19 | Then I felt my brother 's hand slipping away from me . |
| 20 | Then I felt my fear and unhappiness disappear , as I knew that I was no longer alone in my responsibility for Sir Henry . |
| 21 | Then I felt my sleeve being tugged downwards and my feet swept from under me and suddenly I was lying next to Werewolf . |
| 22 | And then I asked my father on Tuesday to remind him and he said , he 'd already said he 'd fetch them in on Tuesday . |
| 23 | And if I use humour to avoid your problem or make light of it , then I diminish its significance . |
| 24 | Then I fetch my rod , landing net , loaf and rod-rest . |
| 25 | I was told I 'd got a little girl , then I heard her crying . |
| 26 | Then I heard her voice in a room . |
| 27 | Then I heard my aunt remark of me to my father , without making any attempt to lower her voice , ‘ She 's going to be stout — just like Dolly ’ ( Dolly was my mother ) . |
| 28 | I was going to leave a note , but there was no one at Reception and then I heard your voice in here . |
| 29 | Then I sneaked my special edition of Brogan 's History of the USA into the loo and spun the combination . |
| 30 | We did not make a direct trip for we took the train to London , then I made my first underground journey to Finsbury Park , the most northerly point on the tube at that time . |