Example sentences of "then [adj] [noun] i " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I mean I only had one bad knee but then this time I got two . |
| 2 | I booked the conference not realising it was gon na be the control room by this time , and then this morning I turned up to find out we ca n't put the lights on without getting behind the bar , and we ca n't get behind the bar so that 's why this er |
| 3 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 4 | Then another time I smashed my cell up and slashed my arms and that , because I did n't get any letters or anything like that , so one of the screws came in and they put us down the block . |
| 5 | And then another week I give you two |
| 6 | And anything , then national testing I 've got down the twenty four er , week thirty two to week thirty seven . |
| 7 | But then first day I was with them . |
| 8 | Then one day I thought I must . |
| 9 | 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 11 | 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And then one day I got a letter from Miss Wooler 's school . |
| 15 | Then one day I was lucky . |
| 16 | Then one day I saw her . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ! |
| 21 | Then one night I got some concrete , mixed it and filled every hole in the rock I thought the worm could escape through . |
| 22 | Then one night I went out and I met this DJ from Taboo , which was a club at the time . |
| 23 | He seemed to be doing fine and then one night I found him cold and dying . |
| 24 | Then one night I told her . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Then one morning I did not go early for my paper , and seeing it on the mat Cedric brought it to me . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | Then one morning I saw a figure coming towards me faster than any man could go . |
| 29 | And that , but then one morning I we |
| 30 | This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage . |