Example sentences of "be then [that] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It must have been then that I was blown up by the land-mine , which may well have knocked out Private Prescott as well . ’
2 When we come to the end of our own virtues and realize our inner poverty , it is then that we can start to experience ‘ the kingdom of heaven ’ in our lives .
3 It is then that we have a sense of wonder and extreme well-being .
4 It is then that we expect the best group from Southern Africa to be there , including the Homeland leaders .
5 Communication also suffers when people make false assumptions about shared schemata , and it is then that they cease to ‘ be clear ’ .
6 The dilemma is then that everything the teacher does to make the pupil produce the behaviour the teacher expects , tends to deprive the pupil of the conditions necessary for producing the behaviour as a byproduct of learning ; the behaviour sought and the behaviour produced become the focus of attention .
7 After the initial impetus has run out , he wrote , and before one has got in so far that it is easier to finish than to go back , it is then that it becomes hard to be sure of your footing , hard to know why you are doing what you are doing , hard to know if you are doing correctly what you are doing .
8 It is then that it becomes a natural magnetic recorder .
9 In the autumn , the sweeping tracts of it on the lower , treeless hillsides are the colour of rust , and it is then that it is scythed down , to provide bedding for the animals during the winter and , once suitably impregnated , fertilizer for the fields the following spring — in a neat ecological cycle .
10 It is then that I shall be restored . ’
11 It is then that I spot the post .
12 It is then that you find and join the Bisus to learn the old ways of magic .
13 We look forward to an hour 's drive to an appointment , because it 's then that we dust off American Pie or Band On The Run or Led Zeppelin II or London Calling and snap it into our car 's entertainment system .
14 It 's then that we can start enjoying our aloneness and cope better with any feelings of isolation when they occur , as the following description shows :
15 It 's then that you realise he keeps his psychotic tendencies hidden , only to be let out onstage .
16 And it 's then that you 're gon na work out how much you need
17 It was only after birth that she suffered the injury , and it was then that her rights were encroached upon and she commenced to have rights .
18 It was then that her stomach began to yaw , for it occurred to her that she had no solid evidence at all with which to tackle Taczek .
19 It was then that her physical need of him kept her wide-eyed and restless .
20 But it was then that her conscience started to plague her once more .
21 He was mad about it — he absolutely loved it — it was then that we began to realise there was something in David . ’
22 These end-of-day meetings were very important , for it was then that we reviewed our progress , comparing our morning 's expectations with the fruits of our labours .
23 It was then that we made the surprising discovery that the Sultan , " the Great Mountain " , is officially married to Loro Kidul .
24 It was then that we took on the giants of the Premier Division , Clutton Town , in the FA Cup .
25 It was then that we spotted something white moving high up on the cliffs , under a colony of kittiwakes — our first fox .
26 It was then that they turned and saw Robert .
27 It was then that they disagreed for the first time about the terms of their verbal agreement and a serious rift developed between them .
28 It was then that they saw the grenade in his hand .
29 It was then that they scooped out for the storage of goods the extensive vaults and cellaring that still run beneath the old town today .
30 It was then that they heard the long awaited sound , a distant grinding hum like that of an angry wasp .
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