Example sentences of "[coord] then i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told him to go jump in a lake , ’ Ellen said very calmly , ‘ and then I told him that just as soon as I 've finished with the Crowninshield twins I shall be sailing away — ’ she clinked her glass on mine , ‘ with you . ’ |
| 2 | my daddy goes erm where will you be so I can in touch with you by phone laughing cos they were shouting at me and then he said to me and then I told him it was n't and he goes so why do you go |
| 3 | I felt a sense of profound foreboding and then I saw them , the gyppos . |
| 4 | And in the evening I looked for them , and then I saw them of course , I knew where they were and I thought quite longly we were right in the front . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw the policeman arguing with the man and then I saw him being stabbed . |
| 6 | I heard the boat , and then I saw him . |
| 7 | And then I saw him ! |
| 8 | And then I saw her ! |
| 9 | Gabriel went on , ‘ And then I saw her that night , remember ? |
| 10 | And then I saw her the next day and and then I realized the and then I came back home and I told her why does n't she see there 's something changed . |
| 11 | And then I saw it : |
| 12 | and then I saw it over , another fence in , the next door |
| 13 | and then I saw you on there . |
| 14 | ‘ So you see , dear Therese , when I learned you were to come here , and then I saw you , exactly the same as you were twenty years ago , you can perhaps understand how I felt … ’ |
| 15 | But I thought I would wait until I heard you arrive , and then I knew I should be all right . ’ |
| 16 | God help me , I put my hand on the ruin of his head , and then I knew he was dead . |
| 17 | As he tried to grab me , I feinted , slipped back to make him follow me , knowing he would think I was afraid , and then I let him have a classic straight left that hit him on the point of the jaw . |
| 18 | And Padley and then I sprayed them and Padley started to wash himself . |
| 19 | I shuffled down the shingle until I felt the mush of dry seaweed , and then I explored it with my hands — yes , it was just the stuff one would expect , weed , and here and there a bit of wood . |
| 20 | that 's all grown from leaves , just put the leaves in water and the little shoots come on them and then I put them in after some , when they 've got their little roots on them and they grow , that 's , that 's one I 've grown from , from just leaves and one in over there in the window I 've grown from leaves . |
| 21 | And he got upset , so I ended up having to bring him downstairs , give him his lunch first and then I put him to sleep in his pram this is all since the weekend this |
| 22 | I brought him downstairs give him his dinner and then I put him to sleep in his pram in the front room , but I think that 'd also er |
| 23 | for dinner and dinner parties so I 'm sort of frantically trying to cut down , and then , you know , one dinner party and then I put it |
| 24 | He 'd been glaring and smashing down glasses on the table and muttering under his breath and I wondered what on earth I 'd done to make him so disturbed , and then I realised I had n't done anything . |
| 25 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
| 26 | And then I realised it would be impossible . |
| 27 | And then I realised it was meant to be me . |
| 28 | And then I had it — specialising in aerial photography . |
| 29 | I wait until it fills itself and then I swat it , the blood splashing over my hand . |
| 30 | I always write my friends ' books into my Harrods list , even if they give me a copy , and then I keep it out quite a time so that other people ca n't have it . |