Example sentences of "then they [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they drank a little . |
| 2 | in town , and I gave them me name and me address , and then they sent a letter saying , No , you ca n't have one . |
| 3 | Then they cadged a ride back to Malta on a ship — an ammunition ship . |
| 4 | And then they heard a soft voice : |
| 5 | Just then they heard a heavy footstep outside , and a voice called , ‘ Neighbours , can I bring a few lambs in there ? ’ |
| 6 | A loud bellow rang out as the bullets struck home , then they heard a heavy body plunging wildly among the restraining toils of the thorn bushes . |
| 7 | Then they heard a terrible whistling and crackling in the forest : Baba Yaga was returning . |
| 8 | You see traditionally people used to think of an evaluation as something that was very convergent and first people gathered lots of evidence , and then they wrote a set of recommendations or conclusions , and you were supposed to agree them or follow them afterwards . |
| 9 | Then they secured a base at Bo'ness and are very proud of the fact that they have reconstructed the branch line by themselves without the aid of massive outside funding . |
| 10 | Then they had a draughtsman prepare the plans and sub-contracted the building . |
| 11 | Then they had a canter on both reins as Katharine continued to get used to him . |
| 12 | Then they went to bed again and drank and loved two nights away and then they had a party and then they made a giant salad of mushrooms and tomatoes and sweetcorn and ham and avocado and lettuce and hibernated for a week . |
| 13 | But they lost several of the forty seconds through sheer surprise , then they had a technical problem . |
| 14 | But then they had a habit of melting into society , and in the meantime many had been the expensive guests of the German taxpayer . |
| 15 | Flushed and triumphant after this orgy of extravagance , they left the store at last , keeping an eye on the time because Mabel must n't be late with the boys ' tea whatever happened and then they had a long , annoying wait at the bus-stop . |
| 16 | But then they had a cycling club , at chapel , and so we tended to go Saturdays , and then I started walking and youth hostelling . |
| 17 | And then they had a points system which meant that er you had so many points and you could , there were certain foods that were just on points and er you could choose to spend your points on whatever you wanted . |
| 18 | And then they had a tip outside where the lorries backed into |
| 19 | And then they had a dumb waiter from er the main office to and and Robert 's office and and did not suffer fools gladly either . |
| 20 | A lot of them of course went to the quarries , but then they had a little steamer called the Florence Cook and she plied wherever she went and you probably know where she went . |
| 21 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 22 | They just put it on you see with a brush and it was a paste you see , all over the coach , and then they had a hose and they washed all that X mover off you see , the X mover was an acid and it ate into the you see , bodywork . |
| 23 | Robbie and then they had a boat and they went across . |
| 24 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 25 | And then they 'd a fancy dress at Christmas , at Hogmanay . |
| 26 | Then they formed a slow procession behind the coffin into the mountains to the old royal capital of Cetinje for his reburial in the monastery there . |
| 27 | Now and then they passed a baby wailing outside a peeling front door in a battered pram . |
| 28 | Then they sang a song , and said farewell with ‘ Good-bye ’ , ‘ Come Again ’ etc. etc . |
| 29 | Then they went to bed again and drank and loved two nights away and then they had a party and then they made a giant salad of mushrooms and tomatoes and sweetcorn and ham and avocado and lettuce and hibernated for a week . |
| 30 | Then they made a bonfire of his father 's music and his collection of imported Deutsche Gramophon records . |