Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour .
2 I 'd been given a date for the baby to arrive but that came and went , but then I woke up in the early hours of the following Friday .
3 Then I step up to the bar to order more beer .
4 And then I ran out after the
5 I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it
6 Then I went over to the vice-president 's mansion and played tennis at the naval observatory in Washington a bunch of times .
7 Then I went round to the gate , to listen there , in an agony of apprehension .
8 I went across the course to the stands side to see the horses in the paddock , and then I went up to the very comfy Tribune des Dames , for which the French Racing Authorities so generously send me a badge each year .
9 I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things .
10 I picked out notes where he had just screwed up totally , but then I went back to the beginning again and realised that the whole song was just shifted .
11 Then I went back to the basics again … but I think all guitarists go through that , do n't they ? ’
12 So I went back and see the baby in the incubator and then I went back to the ward .
13 Then I went back to the bar , bought two drinks and a pack of Old Favourites and carried the lot to a booth table .
14 I waited for half-an-hour or so , then I went out to the phone box on the quay and rang his home .
15 And then I came back on the forth to start off with the stocktaking which is not on the agenda I think .
16 Then I came back to the courts at Bisham again before going back to school again at 3pm for history and then I come back and play again afterwards .
17 Then I slide off in the direction of New Cross Station .
18 I do n't — I just say thank you and goodbye , then I go off up the road .
19 Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room .
20 Then I looked back at the table .
21 Then I looked out of the window and saw her with Tony Duncan .
22 ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat .
23 And then I got on to the , I was convenor of the housing allocation committee for very many years .
24 Then I got out of the chair and was going to change my pants .
25 And er then I carried on in the woodlands then , cutting trees down and erm sawing up too .
26 Then I moved on to an Australian made Maton which was really playable .
27 I chatted with her while I weighed the potatoes , then I moved off to the wines and spirits section .
28 Then I run off in a storm to see an astrologer .
29 Then I hurried back to the taxi .
30 Then I branched out into a new area .
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