Example sentences of "but then [pron] [verb] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The police were searching the whole area but then they seemed to realise that it must be the van . ’ |
| 2 | But then they had realized that that would mean their Dad was all alone and so they had prayed again , that they could all be together in one place or the other . |
| 3 | I do n't want to talk about it , too many people want to go on about it — but then they seem to think that The Sundays are part of the Manchester thing as well . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't want to talk about it , too many people want to go on about it — but then they seem to think that The Sundays are part of the Manchester thing as well . ’ |
| 5 | At first we thought he wanted friends of his own kind , but then we began to understand that there was a different reason . |
| 6 | It was the first time Harry had ever seen him do such a thing for himself , but then he had heard that staff were far less easy to come by since the war . |
| 7 | But then she had heard that soft , unmistakable ‘ pop ’ from the tiny kitchen and her host had re-entered carrying a chilled bottle which the trace of vapour trailing from its neck proclaimed to be the real thing . |