Example sentences of "but then [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment I can only take the family thing so far : I can talk about certain things , but then everything becomes a blank because I still feel too close to it all . |
| 2 | Er but then they got an upstairs as well . |
| 3 | But then they had a cycling club , at chapel , and so we tended to go Saturdays , and then I started walking and youth hostelling . |
| 4 | But then they had a habit of melting into society , and in the meantime many had been the expensive guests of the German taxpayer . |
| 5 | They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old . |
| 6 | I believe they were given a home with luck and Arab backing , but then they wanted a State which they got , I believe they were entitled to one . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But then he said a neighbour who had a dress , just wearing a dressing gown and he was married with three kids which is next door heard what going , been going on and he they were chasing , were chasing all through the common . |
| 10 | But then he had a brainwave . |
| 11 | It looks as if there was an opinion on high to leave Galileo alone , but then he made a mistake . |
| 12 | But then he saw a servant he had that day badly mutilated , also pointing . |
| 13 | If I did manage to get the rubber disc in now , but then he arrived an hour or two late , and then we went out for a romantic candle-lit dinner , and then we chatted for a while … the spermicide would have decided to cease hostilities at just about the time I needed it to be at its most fierce . |
| 14 | Some might say , ‘ What 's in a name ? ’ but then I doubt an arsehole would smell so sweet . |
| 15 | ‘ We had n't got a bite from any fish but then I felt a tug on the line , ’ said Robert . |
| 16 | But then I noticed a group of children on the other side of the square , pointing and laughing . |
| 17 | Mr Schabort said : ‘ At first they seemed quite eager but then I received a letter saying it was not council policy to meet with South African officials . |
| 18 | The thought of ‘ introducing ’ timber wolves to the island and its inhabitants may have seemed rash at first , but then I introduced a boy with ‘ hate ’ tattooed on his knuckles to my parents once . |
| 19 | But then I remembered a conversation I had overheard her having with her sister-in-law . |
| 20 | I felt relief when I could n't find our name , but then I turned a page and there it was , together with those of Mrs Phipps , Mrs Woods , Mrs Buckley and several more of our neighbours . |
| 21 | Inland there are mountains and valleys which take your breath away In parts , the island is arid and desert-like , but then you turn a corner to be met with a vista of green citrus trees clustered with oranges and lemons . |
| 22 | It 's alright first couple of nights , but then you get a bit bored |
| 23 | But then you hear a traveller at the railway station , prepared as a medieval knight , daysack on his front , chickenwire behind , was hit by five fat women , coming at him from all directions . |
| 24 | When you are all up and going they are all for it , but then you arrange a meeting and only six people turn up . ’ |
| 25 | Erm , but then you need an amplifier |
| 26 | I see now it was all sexual jealousy , but then it seemed a betrayal of principles . |
| 27 | Then within the team 's , in the Policy Team there were three Policy Development Officer 's , in the Neighbourhood Development Team there were two Development Officer 's and in the Community Development Team there are one , two , there are well there are normally six officer 's that you could I that you could identify , but there are other people that relate to them , but then it gets a bit complicated so were keep it at that . |
| 28 | But then there came an event which changed his life and made him a very unusual engineer indeed . |
| 29 | Maybe CD REVIEW 'S readers are already sufficiently knowledgeable , but then there remains a principle , and a matter of courtesy . |
| 30 | But then there arises a theodicy question , a question to do with the justification of God . |