Example sentences of "be then [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It was then that they released the Wheel and it came bowling down the hill not more than ten yards from where I was standing . |
| 32 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 33 | It was then that my mum came over to me . |
| 34 | It was then that my saviour arrived . |
| 35 | It was then that my sister , Clare , encouraged me to ride the family horse again . |
| 36 | ‘ It was then that he realised that the whole island was alive . |
| 37 | If he did see it he must have begun worrying , and maybe it was then that he started feeling sick . |
| 38 | Edouard heard it too , and it was then that he became almost certain that the dropping of the cup had been no accident . |
| 39 | It was then that he became aware that he was lying in between sheets . |
| 40 | It was then that he penned this erudite survey of the Chinese prison camps . |
| 41 | Arguably , however , his most brilliant work was done during the many months of relative inactivity that followed , for it was then that he remoulded his demoralized command into a confident , compact fighting unit . |
| 42 | It was then that he noticed Whitlock standing discreetly in the background . |
| 43 | It was then that he noticed Doyle watching him . |
| 44 | It was then that he noticed the two men standing behind the butler in the shadows . |
| 45 | It was then that he heard the scream . |
| 46 | It was then that he felt his true strength as an eagle coming at last . |
| 47 | It was then that he sensed her extreme youth ; the twin globes of her dark breasts with their sharp , neat points were hard and solid , her skin , a deep indigo in the near-blackness , was velvet-smooth , entirely without hair . |
| 48 | It was then that he remembered Dobson , then that he thought of Mary . |
| 49 | It was then that he finally sprang his trap . |
| 50 | Nigger had first started running around with Terry and his twin brother Joe , in his mid-teens , and it was then that his many brushes with the law began . |
| 51 | It was then that it was bomb damaged , although apparently this was largely restricted to the toilets ! |
| 52 | It was then that it occurred to me that there was some connection between Jean-Claude 's relationship with Ahmed and Meaulnes 's with Frantz . |
| 53 | It was then that it slammed into the back of |
| 54 | It was then that it happened . |
| 55 | It was then that I became fully aware of how your personality is really at stake . |
| 56 | It was then that I began to discover the fate that awaited me as a female . |
| 57 | It was then that I conceived the idea of getting a few fans that he had in those days to walk around the television company with placards saying Lets Be Fair To The Long Hairs , which did get press publicity , and in the end , the producer relented and he did his first TV show . ’ |
| 58 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 59 | For it was then that I felt the first healthy flush of anticipation for the many interesting experiences I know these days ahead hold in store for me . |
| 60 | And indeed , it was then that I felt a new resolve not to be daunted in respect to the one professional task I have entrusted myself with on this trip ; that is to say , regarding Miss Kenton and our present staffing problems , But that was this morning . |