Example sentences of "then he [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he dragged in the two devil dogs and left them guarding the door so Mr Mounsa could n't leave , Liverpool Crown Court was told . |
| 2 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
| 3 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 4 | Then he looked like a frightened animal . |
| 5 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 6 | Then he walked around the little living-room , cradling the mug in his hands , and thinking . |
| 7 | Then he saw from the sudden anxiety on the parson 's face that this too might be misunderstood . |
| 8 | The Don/R spread his legs so he was holding the bike up , then he rapped on the back door of the Transit with a gauntleted hand . |
| 9 | Then he turns towards the wizened , worn-out figure of the 87-year-old woman sitting beside him and says : ‘ He is doing all right , there seems to be some response . |
| 10 | Then he said to the young woman , with a smile , ‘ Why do n't you come with me , my dear ? |
| 11 | Luke 's face darkened , then he said in a controlled voice , ‘ There 's tomorrow ? ’ |
| 12 | Then he said in a calmer voice , ‘ Well , perhaps I 'm just trying to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 13 | Joe said nothing for a minute then he said in a low voice , ‘ It 's quite settled then , Sarah and Terry ? |
| 14 | George watched her in silence for a while and then he said in a low voice , ‘ I say did I offend you just now ? |
| 15 | There was a long moment and then he said in a stifled voice , " It 's gone . " |
| 16 | Then he said in a quiet voice , ‘ Some damned stranger . |
| 17 | At first Wexford felt a curious distaste and then he thought about the dead man and what he knew of him . |
| 18 | Then he observed in a flat tone , ‘ What a tragedy , in that case , that you wo n't be seeing him for a while . ’ |
| 19 | Then he advanced on the reckless fellow . |
| 20 | Those light eyes rested on her as if he was making a mental sketch of her face ; then he glanced at the slim gold watch on his wrist . |
| 21 | Then he glanced at the fat woman carrying the naked-heeler . |
| 22 | When items are faulty , not delivered on time , or more rarely where Ian has by his own fault succeeded in botching an order , then he goes on the defensive . |
| 23 | The pavement had been much repaired , and it was difficult to synchronise his steps so that the middle of each foot fell exactly on the cracks between the paving stones , but with some concentration and a few judicious half-steps he managed it ; then he came to a long blue-grey line of asphalt where a pipe had obviously been repaired , and walked along that instead free from the worry of the paving stones between the cracks . |
| 24 | Then he launched into an involved discussion about how cerebral men like Berlin were becoming an endangered species in a world increasingly downgrading erudition . |
| 25 | Then he went to a huge formal dinner . |
| 26 | And then he was supposed to meet her there he he went there and she was n't there and then he went to the Red Lion and she was |
| 27 | ‘ A word about your weapons , gentlemen , ’ he smarmed , then he went for the quick draw and levelled a long-barrelled pistol at all of us . |
| 28 | But then he went into a bad fit and did n't come out of it . |
| 29 | Then he loped up the eastern side of the dell and the sound of firing moved away with him . |
| 30 | Then he repaid into a High Commission Jamaican dollar account the equivalent , in official-rate Jamaican dollars , of the amount of US dollars he had first removed . |