Example sentences of "[pron] was then " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have already thought up a sensible solution to my problems , that puts you one up on me as I was then , because I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing . |
| 2 | I was then asked : ‘ what 's the difference between a law course at polytechnic and at the university ? ’ |
| 3 | I think I was then as near to hysteria as I have been in the whole of my life . |
| 4 | I was then Labour 's Shadow Secretary of State for Education and I was busy opposing the Government 's 1980 Education Act . |
| 5 | I do not ever recall being quite as sick and shaken as I was then , about an hour and a half ago . |
| 6 | I was then , for the first time in our marriage , on the edge of confession . |
| 7 | Kylie remembered : ‘ I hope I am better at spelling now than I was then . |
| 8 | I was then permitted a short time during the lunch interval to study this new material before being cross-examined on it . |
| 9 | I was then brought up to this room , in which , at that point of the day , the sun was lighting up the floral patterns of the wallpaper quite agreeably . |
| 10 | I was then almost too busy to shudder . |
| 11 | I was then put on a waiting list to see the back specialist at the local hospital . |
| 12 | I was then referred to another specialist , but to no avail . |
| 13 | I was then eleven years of age . |
| 14 | I am considering all the things now that I was then and may try to qualify for the US Senior Tour in November . |
| 15 | I was then attacked by six 109s and diced with them without anything firm being achieved other then preserving my own neck . |
| 16 | I was then to ask what people thought about being smiled at by a perfect stranger . |
| 17 | I 'm as good now as I was then and my target is 20 goals for the season . |
| 18 | I was then sure that the brush was holding the exact colour the painting required . |
| 19 | It was the list of undesirable aliens who were banned from entering the Bahamas , and if my name was put on that Stop List , and if I was then thrown off the islands , I would probably never see my boat again . |
| 20 | I was then aged ten and we lived in a ‘ yard ’ of back-to-back cottages in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham . |
| 21 | The operation was carried out at the National Heart the next day , with the odds improving and I was then transferred to Harefield for five weeks . |
| 22 | It was a nightmare for someone as shy as I was then . |
| 23 | It has been said that old age comes as a surprise : I was then eighty but had yet to realise it . |
| 24 | ‘ He spoke about how he had appreciated the colleagueship of the Methodist pastor in Crackow and I was then able to say that there were indeed Methodists in Italy and the Protestant Church , although small in number is quite significant , particularly in its work among refugees and migrant workers . |
| 25 | I was then left with a black spot and threads in my vision . |
| 26 | I was then told to go away and write down my entire life history on three sheets of blank paper . |
| 27 | I was then able to use this in my Elu96 router along with templates I had made to cut the mitres on both rails and uprights ( the router seems to be the most important part of my kit these days ) . |
| 28 | Having cut these joints I was then able to assemble the curved members onto the bottom frame and check the fit on the template which hopefully would leave a 1mm gap all round . |
| 29 | I was then sent to an ordinary preparatory school for boys . |
| 30 | I was then a disciple of Herbert Read 's and his " education of the senses " , but it was Basil , ill the no-nonsense power of his belief , who did much to give me a life-long conviction about the place of art education . |