Example sentences of "then [pron] [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I discovered that it was still only ten to two . |
| 2 | We set everything in monotype , and all these display headline faces copied out of old type books and then I left and it was almost like people were saying ‘ now what ’ , erm ‘ what are you going to do after that ? ’ and I said ‘ what do you mean ? ’ . |
| 3 | What I wanted to say was that when I read the Annual Report I was rather surprised to find that there is no reference to the er report of the committee under the chairmanship of Bob , Bob on the organization of the R Y A and then I realized that it probably did n't come to the Council till after the end of the year that we have under consideration but it did seem to me that it has some contentious and some very interesting and rather good points in it and I wonder if we could be told how the consideration of it is getting on . |
| 4 | Then I saw that it had a light on the top and the crest of Kent Fire Brigade on the driver 's door . |
| 5 | I pulled in there as it seemed a good place to get Armstrong off the road and it was only then I saw that it was in fact an unmade road curving away round the back of the hill . |
| 6 | Then they said well and then I realised that it was Fennite and I 'd heard of that |
| 7 | equal to supervisor so I crossed that out and then I realised that it said intervene . |
| 8 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 9 | ‘ I had always thought that its grip on me was purely personal , ’ wrote Amanda , ‘ — I loved it simply because it was my home — but then I found that it caught other people in its web too . ’ |
| 10 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 11 | It was then she understood that it was not too late to stay . |
| 12 | For a moment Lucy had thought that it was Jeanette McArdle , but then she realised that it was n't . |
| 13 | Then she realised that it must be Ianthe Broome , the canon 's daughter they were always talking about , and perhaps in some way a kind of ‘ rival ’ for the affections of a man she had not yet seen . |
| 14 | At first Grainne thought it was that power was stealing over them , and then she thought that it was not power but strength , only that did not seem quite right either . |
| 15 | Then she saw that it was a grey bird like a station pigeon , yet not trapped beneath a glass roof but sitting freely outside amongst fluttering leaves . |
| 16 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 17 | Then she remembered that it was only a selection of the poems he had been reading and she did not need to speculate further , for — much to her surprise — he began to read |
| 18 | And then she remembered that it was Sunday — which was her aunt 's afternoon for visiting friends . |
| 19 | And then we used When it g we used to fetch it off then like , cut it and then fetch it off in sheaths , like h , you know , like a big slice of bread . |
| 20 | we had Roy and then we had Simon for a bit and then we decided because it was n't working altogether an Edinburgh person and a Glasgow person |
| 21 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 22 | And then it got that it blew over did n't it ? |
| 23 | Then he added that it ‘ is formally myself , Dr Reid and Mrs W ’ . |
| 24 | Oliver wondered why the old man lived in such an old , dirty place , when he had so many watches , but then he thought that it must cost Fagin a lot of money to look after the Dodger and the other boys . |
| 25 | And then he remembered that it was in exactly this position in exactly this place that he had turned to face Lucy , less than three weeks ago , shouting obscenities at her . |
| 26 | Then he remembered that it was Volkov who was being unfaithful . |
| 27 | And then he remembered that it had to be borne , that there was no other choice , and that there would be no escape from this place . |