Example sentences of "and then it [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 And then it died and I came home . ’
2 And then it seemed that Duvall understood at last that he had been shot .
3 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 .
4 and then it finished and he always turns video off but he never turns telly off , so I turned the telly off
5 And then it got that it blew over did n't it ?
6 If we went out in the morning it was raining and fine in the afternoon , and then it rained when we went out in the afternoon after a fine morning .
7 A forest fire in the dead woods , and then it rained and the smoke stopped .
8 And then it stopped and they went to Stronsay then .
9 And I took it out in the spring and put it in the garden and then it revived and came on nice .
10 Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ?
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