Example sentences of "then she [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said ju , I said to him then she came on the phone I was o ages on the phone and she said er I said you just take it as if it 's a day off and |
| 2 | And then she said on the , she said I looked at houses like this she said |
| 3 | Alexandra thought of calling her back , explaining that Mrs Chamberlin might regret her kind invitation to dine with them on Christmas Day if Alexandra were to upstage the Rectory family in such a way , but then she reflected on the goodness of Mrs Chamberlin 's heart and the necessity of living up to at least some of Lyddy 's expectations of her . |
| 4 | Then she flopped on the sofa to sort through the letters . |
| 5 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 6 | Then she landed on the Market Square flagstones with a sickening crash to lie motionless . |
| 7 | Then she sits on the floor at Suzie 's feet . |
| 8 | Then she sat on the bed , trying not to wince as Louise rubbed cream into her thighs and pounded at them enthusiastically . |
| 9 | Then she sat on the bed next to Sarah . |
| 10 | And she teased her out and straightened her up a little , and then she went over to the makeup table and tore off a length of the soft toilet roll that she used instead of Kleenex , and then she sat on the floor beside Lucy and put her arm around her shoulders . |
| 11 | Then she sat on the parapet atop the wide stairway and waited . |
| 12 | Signe brought me coffee in a pot with a felt cover that had eyes and a nose , then she sat on the edge of my bed holding a silly conversation with the felt cover while I drank my coffee . |
| 13 | Then she faltered on the threshold . |
| 14 | Then she turned on the crowd and accused them of being cowards . |