Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Declarative sentences identical except for different incompatible terms in parallel syntactic positions ( besides those used in the test ) are frequently in a contrary relationship : if I cycled to work is true , then I walked to work is false , but if I cycled to work is false , then I walked to work may be either true or false . |
| 2 | Declarative sentences identical except for different incompatible terms in parallel syntactic positions ( besides those used in the test ) are frequently in a contrary relationship : if I cycled to work is true , then I walked to work is false , but if I cycled to work is false , then I walked to work may be either true or false . |
| 3 | I heard the Allman Brothers ’ first album once and was n't impressed ; then I listened to it again , and wham — it got me ! |
| 4 | I was diplomatically ill for a few days and then I returned to my normal work . |
| 5 | Then I returned to the tinker camp and sought out the same woman . |
| 6 | and then I returned to Rhodesia again |
| 7 | Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months . |
| 8 | ‘ I decided then I had to be fit and hungry when I next played . |
| 9 | And then I had to th the shower just came , you know came to pieces in our hand , as it were it was not working as a shower so a plumber had to come Mr Butcher came into me |
| 10 | I sent this amazing jet of spray on to the sleeping bags and then I said to Babs that we should next get Andrew to do a version of Handel 's Water Music . |
| 11 | Then I said to the boy , ‘ Xury , if you help me , I 'll be a good friend to you . |
| 12 | Then I said to them , " Its a pity you could n't find me foster parents " , and the social worker said , " What a brilliant idea ! " |
| 13 | Cash er cheque or credit card and then I said to you that 's really some it 's really a special market that , Leisure Line . |
| 14 | well she dad , she , he , dad , she , Bob was talking to dad and then I said to him can I let Pam have , cos I did n't want her going into Lynn and buying you them basket of |
| 15 | So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know . |
| 16 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
| 17 | When I was in Ulm , where the season ran only from September to April , I was able to travel a great deal ; and then I went to Milan to hear real Italian singing . |
| 18 | Then I went to Cambridge , and fell in love all over again with its more flaunting charms . |
| 19 | Then I went to Chartres , where I found the unequal spires of the Cathedral strangely homely and appealing after the stately symmetry of Notre Dame . |
| 20 | Then I went to the Ladies and drank half a pint of water in little trickles in my cupped hands . |
| 21 | ‘ Then I went to the States to record and tour with another band and , when I returned , a bassist friend had left Cozy Powell 's ‘ Hammer ’ band when Cozy was charting regularly , and so I took over from him . |
| 22 | ‘ I left in 1940 to join the RAF , which I stayed with until November 1945 , and then I went to Hacker Rubens & Co which has now become Hacker Young . ’ |
| 23 | I was only there for about three months and then I went to a modelling school . |
| 24 | For example , today , I had practice from 8am until 10am and then I went to school and had two lessons . |
| 25 | Then I went to work in a five and ten , and gradually worked my way up until I was managing a general store . |
| 26 | Then I went to work in another factory as a machinist and I moved into a room with the child . |
| 27 | Then I went to Cambridge and my parents could n't afford to make up the state scholarship I 'd got — they were supposed to give me £200 a year , but they were n't able to do that , so when I left Cambridge I had a £600 overdraft . |
| 28 | Then I went to St John 's College , Cambridge , to study some more . |
| 29 | Then I went to prison and they made the baby a ward of court without telling me . |
| 30 | I was in prison on remand for three weeks , then I went to court and got three years ' probation . |