Example sentences of "but then we " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was even taken to hospital at one point thinking I had a hypo coming on , but then we realised that I was actually having panic attacks — a delayed reaction to losing my sight . |
| 2 | Sheridan might have made a difference given the chance — but then we 'll never know quite what sent the skilful midfielder packing to Sheffield Wednesday after hardly a sniff of the City Ground . |
| 3 | EC Commissioner Henning Christophersen said the five-year loan was highly exceptional , ‘ but then we 're in a highly exceptional situation ’ . |
| 4 | EC Commissioner Henning Christophersen said the five-year loan was highly exceptional , ‘ but then we 're in a highly exceptional situation ’ . |
| 5 | But then we might miss out on Dennis Carthy , the fellow who used to take to the Tube dressed in a bra , a blouse and fishnet stockings and entertain customers on the Bakerloo Line with tricks that involved a teddy bear , a pistol and a six-foot python . |
| 6 | But then we 're all slowly going mad . |
| 7 | Perverse conditioned psychological needs require some of our best thinking to solve — but then we should n't have let them become habits in the first place . |
| 8 | But then we 're very protected where we are . ’ |
| 9 | As I said , I got it all wrong about Elsie in one important detail but then we all got it wrong . |
| 10 | Nobody knew there were any in the loch but then we only got the one and it would not surprise me if he had not eaten all the others if there had been any others that is . |
| 11 | Both Ira and Lawren shared my feelings that the all-too-brief tribute to Emily Carr at the service was inadequate and insufficient , but then we were prejudiced . |
| 12 | But then we had a spell of bad weather during haytiming , a difficult situation at the best of times , and I simply could not manage . |
| 13 | But then we should all know by now that purely cricketing considerations are less of a priority than once they were . |
| 14 | But then we made a sort of left turn with ‘ Tusk ’ , which dumbfounded a lot of people , not just the record company who obviously wanted the market , but a certain amount of the public who were expecting something that they 'd already labelled and were comfortable with . |
| 15 | ‘ We had no money last summer , but then we signed to Go ! |
| 16 | But then we have a little more to give . |
| 17 | ‘ But then we pulled off great wins at Leeds , Chelsea and Roker Park . ’ |
| 18 | Doyle said : ‘ Stephen made a brilliant start to the season but then we started to receive death threats in early September . |
| 19 | But then we would have to find separate words for every action or event denoted by different lexical verbs : a mammoth and unnecessary task . |
| 20 | But then we stole one Polo shirt and that was it . |
| 21 | None of these animals have the sort of intelligence that would enable them to function as successful human beings ( ignoring the physical differences ) , but then we would not seem to have the kind of intelligence that would enable us to operate successfully in their environments . |
| 22 | But then we witness a sudden turn . |
| 23 | ‘ I could n't really see us doing another ‘ Pills ‘ N ’ Thrills'-type thing , but then we 've always done exactly what we 've liked , always been a little bit different . |
| 24 | For the first series , we had little sit-up chairs on which we perched and swivelled , but then we were still experimenting . |
| 25 | You just ca n't trust these thespians — any residual loyalty vanishes once the last cheque has been banked : according to the Evening Standard , Maureen Lippmann , who played the ‘ typical Jewish mother ’ Beattie ( BT , geddit ? — we did n't at the time , but then we detest brutal acronyms in place of meaningful names ) to the mutual benefit of British Telecommunications Plc and her bank balance , when asked to reveal her favourite word , replied , without hesitation , ‘ Mercurial ’ . |
| 26 | We think it 's essential reading but then we would say that would n't we . |
| 27 | That is in the loan contract with Spain but then we agreed on what will go to Barcelona . |
| 28 | But then we would send our teams away , and they 'd come back with no better than an honourable defeat in the Test Series . |
| 29 | Having the ignition by the handbrake took a moment 's getting used to , but then we were away , out of Michael Stewart 's home village of Wytham , and into the Oxfordshire countryside . |
| 30 | But then we have present a male human being who , in some sense , is considered unique . |