Example sentences of "then i [vb past] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then I had absolutely nothing to say . |
| 2 | And then I said well I will buy it as a joint sort of joint family Christmas present |
| 3 | And I said or shall I it might not be done then I said so I 'll have to air them . |
| 4 | Finished it all , and then , I just decided then I sorted out my washing , and then I decided what part I was gon na do , I 'd narrowed it down to either topic , task or topic erm , stable features , which are , sort of , erm , self confidence and things , and erm , how you you express yourself , and then a third one is like sex an and gender and age . |
| 5 | Then I heard how he lived hand to mouth in the Bronx , lobbying whom he could at the talking-shop . |
| 6 | Then I took off my little gold earrings and felt in the folds of my dress for all the money I 'd saved or stolen from my brother 's pockets over the years , and placed both the money and earrings in the palm of her hand , forcing her fingers shut around them . |
| 7 | Then I rolled up my things in a blanket and went out and had something to eat . |
| 8 | I went , and then I went well he ca n't have looked around for us too well because we were walking by the side of the road . |
| 9 | And then I came here which was quite amazing because I did n't want to come here I wanted to be er like James Herriott and go somewhere really rural |
| 10 | Then I knew where I was . |
| 11 | Even then I knew roughly what I was going to try and do though I had no idea how to go about it . |
| 12 | Then I saw why he was so confident . |
| 13 | I almost ignored his last words because I was still thinking about Billingsley 's dishonesty , but then I realised just what McIllvanney had said and I frowned . |
| 14 | Then I realised why my own trousers were short and on the tight side . |
| 15 | Then I got back my artillery , and the subdued Jackson drove me back to town . |
| 16 | But ha I remember I was on my test and I pulled round er it was very , very busy and there were two rows of cars and I pulled up and I thought right there 's a gap down there and I want to go straight on and all these others were turning le turning right so I squeezed down through the gap and then I thought right I 'm gon na be here a little while shall I put it in neutral , blow no I wo n't . |
| 17 | And then I thought well it 's , it 's got , it says diamonds and sapphire , I thought they ca n't be real but it says , you know |
| 18 | And then I thought well I 'll go up and go wee and put the heat on . |
| 19 | and then I thought well I ca n't cos , I 've got er calculator in this bag and I have n't got it on me you see . |
| 20 | because But then I thought then I thought well I 'll Here 's Rachel do you want to and then like it 's be like Oh I 'm spoiling it for him . |
| 21 | And then I thought maybe I 'd been expecting too much . |
| 22 | because But then I thought then I thought well I 'll Here 's Rachel do you want to and then like it 's be like Oh I 'm spoiling it for him . |
| 23 | So after that visit to Bristol , when I went to my little chapel on that bald knoll , I first called up the white healing ball and rolled it around every part of my anatomy , then I called up my archers and let them shine the beams of their torches down onto the spot in my lung . |
| 24 | Then I picked up my things at the stationer 's and walked home , ignoring the distressing tugs of the magnetic field , which made me feel I 'd wasted my morning by not doing the thing I 'd set out to do . |
| 25 | ‘ My first reaction was ‘ meals on wheels ’ , ’ he laughs , ‘ but then I found out what a big organisation it was and that what they did appealed to me . |
| 26 | ‘ I was rather chuffed — then I found out it meant the fat one , ’ reveals Sir Harry . |
| 27 | and then I found out it was the back door key |
| 28 | Then I found out he hung himself . |
| 29 | But then I found out lots of people have got pregnant , they just had abortions . |
| 30 | Then I found out my kids had been going into someone 's house and coming out with money . |