Example sentences of "then when " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they had their fun , she took the veronal to sleep soundly , then when she was far gone he smothered her . ’ |
| 2 | Then when you swing hard at his foot , he lifts it so that your sweep passes underneath it . |
| 3 | But then when she realised this , she offered to go to the east summit with me . |
| 4 | Searle glosses Foucault 's comment by saying , ‘ The text is written so obscurely that you ca n't figure out exactly what the thesis is ( hence ‘ obscurantisme ’ ) and then when one criticizes it , the author says , ‘ Vous m'avez mal compris ; vous êtes idiot ' ’ ( hence ‘ Terroriste ’ ) . ’ |
| 5 | David Hobbs kicked a penalty after Kelvin Skerrett was illegally halted , then when Skerrett was held on the line , Karl Fairbank and Hobbs kept the ball alive for Steve McGowan to give the visitors a 6-4 interval lead . |
| 6 | ‘ Then when I started travelling seriously I used to go and be nice to my bank manager , which was n't so easy . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Power ca n't have done because now and then when rebellion stirred during overlong film repairs he rushed down the aisle cracking a whip . |
| 8 | I would try and get people to work as a team together and then when it obviously is n't going to work properly , only then would I make the decision . |
| 9 | It 's pretty good cos when the lights go off I can see me and Marie in the window like it 's a mirror — and then when the lights come on , we disappear . |
| 10 | Then when the evil day comes , you will be able to resist the enemy 's attacks ; and after fighting to the end you will still hold your ground . ’ |
| 11 | Up to last year we used to collect used postage stamps and then when our dear friend Father Burbage left for Zambia we had to abandon it because we had no idea where they were sent to . |
| 12 | Then when Dixons admitted that Mr Kalms had perhaps overstated his case when talking about the ‘ 86 bid , Kingfisher smugly declared that it was ‘ pleased to note ’ Dixons ' clarification . |
| 13 | It had begun to seem like the ideas he 'd had when he was younger , that you worked out in school and at night in bed , that seemed so easy , then when it carne to it did n't work out . |
| 14 | And then when all the others went , ’ Mrs Hollidaye carried on talking as she removed Loopy Lil 's empty porridge bowl and replaced it with a plate piled high with toast , ‘ Lilian was the only one who stayed . |
| 15 | Then when we met again , you would be full of all you had done — a ride on your motor bike to Alba de Tormes or Ledesma , a strange church you had discovered , or a new book someone had sent you from the States . |
| 16 | And then when you 're older , scutage , tallage , and how many old goats we 've had for archbishops and popes . |
| 17 | Then when we went on the train to Italy and all the way through France and Switzerland he chatted up one of the Marias , and when I tipped his minestrone soup over his head on Milan station he said : ‘ You 'll have to excuse my wife , she 's just an ignorant peasant . ’ |
| 18 | Then when it was realized that things had taken a turn for the worse and somebody was going to get killed the vicar stepped in and bought them all ice-creams . |
| 19 | James 1 terrified her most with ‘ Then when lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin : and sin , when it is finished , bringeth forth death . ’ |
| 20 | And then when she thought she was something , she did n't seem to like that any better . ’ |
| 21 | You can remind people several times during a tour that he did n't actually live , then when you get to the end they 'll ask you where he 's buried . ’ |
| 22 | The situation changed , firstly when Andrew confounded medical opinion by playing again in December and then when Dawe pulled out of the semi-final match against Yorkshire after his club , Bath , had rearranged a postponed Courage League match at Rugby . |
| 23 | Pamela 's major qualities were courage , humour and broadmindedness , although the last of these was put to the test , first when her only brother became a Roman Catholic , then when her only daughter married one . |
| 24 | Then when the social worker turned her attention back to the traffic , Gilly carefully spread the gum under the handle of the left-hand door as a sticky surprise for the next person who might try to open it . |
| 25 | Then when we come out of Assembly there 's another . |
| 26 | Then when a pro-East Roman party gained control of Venice , allegiance was declared in favour of Nicephorus once again , and peace was made with Charles . |
| 27 | Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest . |
| 28 | Then when I die , I can not enter her body to be born again . |
| 29 | Then when I reached the Mess , you letter was waiting for me , and it made me happy and sad at once , and I just HAD to write you a note , though I ca n't post it tonight . |
| 30 | Cos we had to go you see , and you had to put your Sunday clothes on , your best coat and everything ; and then when you came back you had to take them all off again . ’ |