Example sentences of "then one [noun] i " in BNC.

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1 Then one day I thought I must .
2 One friend of mine — I had n't seen him in a while , then one day I met him in school with my head covered , and he said : ‘ Yasmin , have you gone religious ? ’
3 Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning .
4 He says : ‘ I used to do all my own stunts , then one day I thought , ‘ Why am I depriving a stuntman of an honest day 's work ? ’
5 Enya , who is at No. 11 with the haunting Book Of Days , reveals : ‘ I had hair down to my waist until I was 18 , then one day I cut it all off .
6 Then one day I found myself sitting in a packed car and we were away and moving into a new house in a place called Tintagel .
7 And then one day I got a letter from Miss Wooler 's school .
8 Then one day I was lucky .
9 Then one day I saw her .
10 But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse .
11 Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ?
12 Then one day I was standing there on a dune top , straining against the pull of the wind in the kite , gripping and hauling and sensing and adjusting and twisting , when one of those twists became like a strangle around Esmerelda 's neck , and the idea was there .
13 she obviously did n't know this for a long time and then one day I said to her , well , it was lovely meal and all that but I do think your mark-up on the wine is scandalous !
14 Then one night I got some concrete , mixed it and filled every hole in the rock I thought the worm could escape through .
15 Then one night I went out and I met this DJ from Taboo , which was a club at the time .
16 He seemed to be doing fine and then one night I found him cold and dying .
17 Then one night I told her .
18 And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door .
19 Then one morning I did not go early for my paper , and seeing it on the mat Cedric brought it to me .
20 It kept promising it was going to explode , and then one morning I came out of the house it was just lying there like a dinosaur hulk . ’
21 Then one morning I saw a figure coming towards me faster than any man could go .
22 And that , but then one morning I we
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