Example sentences of "was then [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born in 1844 to a family noted for its piety and scholarship , Lazarus had decided to emigrate to Canada in 1869 , having heard reports of the young country 's potential : its federation was then but two years old . |
| 2 | It was then but a short — though for many an agonising — step to provide special courses for those coming out of special schools and the remedial classes of comprehensives . |
| 3 | Well I suppose it was then but course at that time of day well what we used to suffer with , you suffer with diphtheria and scarlet fever and yo you do n't hear that today do you ? |
| 4 | It was then that I became fully aware of how your personality is really at stake . |
| 5 | Another two moved on shortly afterwards and it was then that the intimidation began . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was then that choreographers turned their attention to music already available , very often because financial difficulties prevented any approach being made to a living composer . |
| 8 | It was then that she met ‘ the love of my life ’ : he answered an ad she placed in the local paper for someone to read to her . |
| 9 | ‘ It was then that he realised that the whole island was alive . |
| 10 | It was then that she read Angela Kunze 's manifesto , written in blue on a long ribbon of paper above her head where she rests against the wall : ‘ I am fasting to cleanse myself of fear and hopelessness , hate and violence , impatience and the lust for novelty . |
| 11 | It was then that I began to discover the fate that awaited me as a female . |
| 12 | He was mad about it — he absolutely loved it — it was then that we began to realise there was something in David . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | It was then that she said something which later I remembered and understood : ‘ I 'm sorry to have to do this to you , dear … |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was then that Lady Luck once more shone on Kylie . |
| 17 | It was then that Kylie and Terry Blamey — now experienced legal hands — suffered a rare courtroom setback . |
| 18 | This began before the war , from the time of the Munich agreement in 1938 , for it was then that the Communist Party was made illegal . |
| 19 | It was then that the club 's management co-operative gave Mr Stringer so much support , and the relationship is now reciprocated with Mr Stringer only too happy for the role of coaches Dave Williams and Mike Walker to be appreciated . |
| 20 | It was then that the Labour campaign began to run out of steam . |
| 21 | If he did see it he must have begun worrying , and maybe it was then that he started feeling sick . |
| 22 | At this same time Leslie had voiced his discontent at the ‘ ponderous inefficiency ’ and ‘ heartless bureaucracy ’ of the conventional army , and it was then that the ideas in Tom Wintringham 's New Ways of War began to influence his thinking . |
| 23 | It was then that it was bomb damaged , although apparently this was largely restricted to the toilets ! |
| 24 | It was then that they turned and saw Robert . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It was then that Brough discovered they were in the middle of a minefield . |
| 28 | It was then that Mayne noticed light coming from under a door . |
| 29 | It was then that Bill Cumper spoke his immortal lines . |
| 30 | It was then that the art of the ‘ turning flee ’ came into its own . |