Example sentences of "then he said [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said firmly , ‘ It 's my job . ’ |
| 2 | Cos er , Mark last week said er , he 'd been approached by a wedding to do a disco , he said well I ca n't it 's a Saturday , and then he said well , you know , where are you having the reception , said well we 're looking round at the moment . |
| 3 | And then he said well take a seat when you 're ready . |
| 4 | Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ? |
| 5 | Then he said flatly , ‘ He ca n't want it for Fincara , because Fand attacked him . |
| 6 | Then he said flatly , ‘ To work . |
| 7 | There was a long silence , then he said wearily , ‘ Mon Dieu ! ’ and his hand fell from her arm . |
| 8 | There was a short hiatus , then he said unconvincingly , ‘ I was checking all the rooms for food . |
| 9 | Then he said slowly : ‘ I hope I 've been a good father to you . ’ |
| 10 | Then he said dryly : ‘ We 're not going to be too hard on our Democrat opponents . |
| 11 | And then he said here 's the hymns , put those hymns up now . |
| 12 | And then he said softly , ‘ But darling , think again ! ’ |
| 13 | He took her glass from her and set it on the top of the bookshelves , then he said softly , ‘ You look somehow — different . ’ |
| 14 | She heard the swift indrawn breath of surprise , then he said softly , ‘ Buona notte , Luce , ’ and was gone . |
| 15 | For a minute there was silence , then he said softly , ‘ I can see what you 're driving at , but you 're quite wrong if you think there 's anything between us . |
| 16 | Then he said urgently , ‘ Please — please , Sophie , do n't torture me . |
| 17 | It took a moment or two before he registered who she was , then he said heavily , ‘ Good of you to look in like this , Ruth . |
| 18 | Then he said again , ‘ She is there , the cow . |
| 19 | Then he said coldly , ‘ George Carter 's place is down here , old Pertwee said . ’ |
| 20 | Then he said casually , " Ask Rosemary for sheet 178 of the new series of Ordnance Survey maps — that 's the one of the Thames Estuary . " |
| 21 | Then he said loudly , ‘ What Embassy … ? ’ |
| 22 | Then he said suddenly . |
| 23 | And then he said suddenly , ‘ That phone call Ah was waitin' fur — it was from the hotel Iris had given me as her address in Lima . |
| 24 | Then he said suddenly : |
| 25 | A half-minute passed in silence , then he said quietly : ‘ This is worse than I ever dreamed . ’ |
| 26 | Then he said quietly , ‘ Andernesse is the Last Land of Other world . |
| 27 | Then he said quietly : ‘ Yes . |
| 28 | Then he said quietly , ‘ In that case I must apologise . ’ |
| 29 | Again they looked at each other in silence , and then he said very slowly , ‘ I 've been to see Beecham and Holden . |
| 30 | Then he said very slowly , ‘ It 's not W … |