Example sentences of "[conj] then [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we go to the unit , we greet the residents — we have twelve of them — we say hello and then we make them a cup of tea . ’ |
| 2 | And then we thought what a great idea for a book . |
| 3 | Yeah but like think about it , first , I mean the first couple of tapes of people like saying oh yeah , so then we had sex , and then we gave him a blow job ! |
| 4 | What happened was there was a burglar and er they went downstairs and they him over the head and then they put him a chair and they got the and he goes , what shall we , what shall we wrap him up in ? |
| 5 | And then they sent me a questionnaire saying they understood that he 'd he 'd given my address , and was he res , was he still resident ? |
| 6 | thought he 'd cut and things like this and then they showed you the chap the next day and he was completely different ! |
| 7 | So and then they gave me an injection in the back . |
| 8 | And then she realised what the porter was really asking her . |
| 9 | Well , one gran that lives alone we get five pound an for each birthday , we normally get five pound for a birthday and then she buys us a present for Christmas or a gift voucher . |
| 10 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 11 | One came round and sold me sheets and then he offered me a loan . |
| 12 | He said what a waste of bloody time and then he gave me a five-pound note . " |
| 13 | Yeah , well I know but er he had n't seen anyone , he reckons for well over a year and when phoned me up I agreed to have lunch with him and then he gave me an earful about all sorts of things including erm in Norwich issuing net fares on Norwich Amsterdam . |
| 14 | The designer 's brows drew together and then he gave her a grudging smile . |
| 15 | And then he gave her a great , a great big bouquet did n't he ? |
| 16 | ‘ A female Solomon , ’ said Neil , sighing , and then he gave her the most charming grin , and through the ruin of his face she suddenly saw what Matey must have known — the handsome soldier-boy he had once been . |
| 17 | ‘ And then he gave us the will and the other papers and he said to us , just before we toddled off to Morocco — ’ |
| 18 | " They talked for a few moments , and then he handed her an envelope and walked away . |
| 19 | shows you a little tiny picture of the calculator and when you press one button it presses the button on the thing and then he showed me the clock |
| 20 | And then you make what a lot of people would be er consider er er a quantum leap . |
| 21 | but I mean you send the package out and you get a phone call er it 's Mr Davies , and then you get card out and then you send him the questionnaire it 's merely a record duplicated on the form but |
| 22 | And then I saw her the next day and and then I realized the and then I came back home and I told her why does n't she see there 's something changed . |
| 23 | And they 're coming I do n't think I 'm taking for a couple of months , and then I take them every fortnight . |
| 24 | And then it cuts it every bit down into cent ce cent cent centimetres you know ? |
| 25 | But then we developed it a bit further like we did with negative numbers . |
| 26 | But then we asked him a bit more about it and he made his fatal mistake . |
| 27 | And we pushed her all round the pool but then we bought her a ring , just a ring nice little one an she 's fine in that . |
| 28 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |
| 29 | But then she remembered what the wise old turtle had told her about putting herself in the dog 's place , and doing what she would want to have done to her . |
| 30 | It is good to be able to talk to somebody who has experienced the whole spectrum of drugs because then they know what the hell you 're talking about , y'know . |