Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If a decision has been taken about liability for emotional injury one way or the other , and there can be no controversy what decision that is , then everyone should have a right that that decision be enforced until it is publicly disavowed in the same way .
2 Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks .
3 Then I would do a recitation , sometimes one of Granda 's favourites like ‘ The Arab 's Farewell to his Steed ’ .
4 then I would build a trap of poisoned
5 Then I would build a stage .
6 I would finish unpacking , have a look at the cooker and set things ready for supper , then I would take a walk out to look at the sea , and gather kindling in case the evening turned chilly enough for a fire .
7 I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top
8 I would save some money and then I would find a man to marry me , especially if I promised to bring him to London .
9 Then I might get a couple of little soaps or something .
10 Then I might have a chance of winning , at least for a week or two .
11 But then I might have a passenger whose company I am enjoying and do not want the intrusion .
12 Then I 'll make a point of repeating it — at five-minute intervals . ’
13 Certainly when we get settled in after Christmas that should be and I 'll shall say about six rolls but I 'll shall say six rolls and just the every time I get one roll of wallpaper up and you you 'll think oh I 'll do the rest tomorrow just a bit more , then you get one more looks alright there , the other wall and er , I 'm sat , I 've been up all night doing this shall do one more then I 'll go a bed , I get from the wife bloody hell mother what time did you go to bed , about an hour ago , could n't leave it wallpaper .
14 I can assure you that I did and I can assure you that I have already thanked him on behalf of the Council , shook his hand and said how well he done it , but if you 'd like a letter to go to say how well he done it , then I 'll send a letter telling him how well he done it .
15 Then I 'll call a district meeting where I 'll get other branches together erm shop stewards and that , and I 'll pass this information , I 've let them know there 's such a thing as .
16 Then I 'll call a vote for the deliverance or against the counter motion .
17 Then I 'll find a bed for you . ’
18 then I 'll take a picture of mummy blowing it , in a minute , ready , cheese grandma
19 Then I 'll have a look at your ankle . ’
20 Let's get you dressed and then I 'll have a look for you .
21 I du n no , right let me do this and then I 'll have a look I mean I 've got to do this because I 'm not sure of it ,
22 If fans from Millwall or Villa or somewhere like that come down — causing trouble and that , then I 'll have a go .
23 go on then I 'll have a go , but nobody 's allowed to look
24 I 'll go and make the sauce , then I 'll have a bath while it 's simmering if the generator 's up to it . ’
25 Now on that twenty feet long , now I 'm up about say , you can say anything like about fifteen feet up in the in the air , might be less than that and then you got twenty feet up like that , well then there used to be wire and used to have a big wheel in top , which you could n't go over the top and with a wire , then I used to have a sling chain , my main hook and that was thirteen foot long and you take th that and on , on working on top of the lorry , see you got to be so careful and there 's men working on that lorry as well , course I broke the wheel .
26 Because it 's there 's if I 'm there for three weeks and they only want a score card done then my potential earnings er total earnings are that but I 'm there anyway so if I 'm getting both of them done then I can earn a lot more money .
27 I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles .
28 Then I can do a lot
29 Besides , then I can get a female .
30 The odd day here and there is not important , but if you could let me know within the next couple of weeks or so when you intend to take a major part of your holiday away — if you know — I do n't myself know erm yet — but if you do know then I can have a look at the overall picture and see that we 're not all dispersed .
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