Example sentences of "[noun] then [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did it help Ford that many of his junior officers and a good third of his rankers had seen far more fighting then he had himself . |
| 2 | Or , if they wanted new make-up then they got it . |
| 3 | If it was just in brackets then I ignored it |
| 4 | The affair lasted about three weeks then he broke it off and confessed to Sarah that he had been seeing someone else . |
| 5 | ‘ For a moment then I thought you were going to give me a different name . |
| 6 | than my job then he said I presume you 've got mixed feelings , I said no my feelings are n't mixed up at all , I 'm quite , I 'm quite sure of my feelings of what I know , I said David I would n't associate myself , I would n't drink and I would n't go out with anybody in this building and he nearly fell over and he said dare I ask why ? |
| 7 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 8 | If you bet on horses or drink then it cost you money . |
| 9 | I let Brownie out went up the back and there was Brownie in the Malone River then he saw me so no lead with me |
| 10 | He heard the train whistle , the engine was slowing for a signal then he heard it pick up speed again . |
| 11 | No but they thought he was far too good for him , put him on as trainee manager then they sacked him ! |
| 12 | Alright they do n't want to go to Chesterfield then we thought they could come here , look after the house , look after the house the same as we 'd look after it , and Val said this |
| 13 | Well if it was a narrow road then they made it twice as wide . |
| 14 | back , yeah , and he give her a bottle of champagne then he called her |
| 15 | No , he came out for about ten minutes then he said I 'm going back in the house mummy , just then flopped on the chair |
| 16 | Got ta be Shirley Temple then she loved her |
| 17 | His dark eyes flickered briefly in her direction then he set his mouth in grim lines . |
| 18 | We talked a bit then I gave him a lift back to his hotel . |
| 19 | I thought it was shit then I thought it was good . |
| 20 | I thought at first they were racoons then I realised they were pandas . |
| 21 | Now I got one lot of fruit juices and I said to go and get some more and there were six empty on the thing then I chucked them in and then there were another six empty like . |
| 22 | ‘ One dog jumped up and bit off my ear then they pulled me to the ground . |
| 23 | I made an attempt to move out of the way then it struck me . ’ |
| 24 | Yanto could see she was sold on the idea Then he pulled her close and kissed her on the lips . |
| 25 | He got out of bed and drank two glasses of water from the tap then he put his head out of the window and sampled the morning air , tangy with the smell of salt water and seaweed . |