Example sentences of "then she [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she stepped out into the crisp early evening air to find the western sky streaked with reds and golds , and the shadows in the distant hills turning to violet . |
| 2 | Then she struck out towards the horizon , doing a slow , leisurely crawl . |
| 3 | Then she flounced in to her cabin . |
| 4 | Then she struggled up , burying her face in his hand and her own . |
| 5 | Then she roared off in an estate car with the baby in the back . |
| 6 | Then she perks up . |
| 7 | Then she calls out compass directions or degrees . |
| 8 | Then she lay down to rest in the lounge , surrounded by other women who even here never stopped talking . |
| 9 | Then she lay down on her sunbed again , leaving white streaks of suncream on the young man 's back . |
| 10 | " Next time , be sure you make them stay , " said Baba Yaga , and then she lay down and was soon snoring . |
| 11 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
| 12 | Then she lay back on her pillow and they looked at each other as if it was for the first time . |
| 13 | Then she kicked up at her belly with one hind-leg and sighed gustily again . |
| 14 | A quick dab of Youth Dew and then she sauntered over to join him . |
| 15 | She 'd say , stand your ground , do n't , you know , sort of like , then she goes round to everybody else , trying to get everything for nothing . |
| 16 | Then she goes on to add : |
| 17 | but , then again with Eileen you never know with Eileen she says well it 's , it depends on our Sandra she said I 'm not building up on it cos you know what she is , but she says if you know she might want Alan to come and then she goes on and , and then , then she says I do n't know what we shall do really if we do come , she says cos if Eileen wo n't , she 's work , really ca n't come if Alan comes |
| 18 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 19 | She sort of glances at me and then she goes back to watching her programme . |
| 20 | She 's just like a week ago she was she did the manager 's job and , she drops she brings Joshua down here for about quarter to nine , then she goes back up to Stop Hill with the girls |
| 21 | Mum , I do n't want that one then she goes back on the three , goes , yeah ? |
| 22 | Well , it 's funny cos like , she 'd , me Mum an that 's been taking her shopping down and she 's been buying it herself and like me Auntie Jean , she goes down three or four times a day sometimes and then she goes down again and it 's all missing ! |
| 23 | Then she stretched up to kiss him warmly on the lips . |
| 24 | Then she coloured up , as Theda 's grey gaze came round to her , the mix of emotions there apparent . |
| 25 | Then she spins round . |
| 26 | Then she tossed off a scornful laugh as she demanded haughtily , ‘ Why on earth should I be jealous of Doreen ? ’ |
| 27 | There was a pause while Nicole paid the bill , putting it on her husband 's gold credit card , then she straightened up and picked up the bag . |
| 28 | And then she straightened up , a bit shivery but not with cold , and opened her blouse and unwrapped her skirt , and pushed her belly and breasts forward into the shaft of the moon so that the light lay across her . |
| 29 | Then she wrote out a cheque in payment of the forgotten parking-ticket , put it in an envelope and went out . |
| 30 | She stood for a moment on the other side of the room , sizing me up ( and me sizing her up ) , and then she came over to speak to me . |