Example sentences of "but then [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lenin 's ‘ new model of socialism ’ , they argued , had been put into effect during the 1920s , but then replaced by a Stalinist system which had ‘ created an alienation of the individual from ownership , from power and from the results of his work ’ . |
| 2 | This phenomenon was not new ; in Haxey 's Case ( 1387 ) and Strode 's Case ( 1512 ) the privilege to say what one liked in Parliament with impunity had been denied but then conceded by the Crown . |
| 3 | They 'd origionaly been staying at the hotel Mediteran , but then moved to a villa . |
| 4 | She started to leave , but then turned at the doorway and said : |
| 5 | He was posted first to the Artillery , but then transferred to the Royal Engineers because he had a driving licence . |
| 6 | Roles began his career by serving his apprenticeship as a photographer 's assistant after leaving school , but then transferred to an education in sculpture and painting . |
| 7 | And hospital volunteers in Devon sold sandwiches which had been chilled , but then displayed through the day with no refrigeration . |
| 8 | He received a message from Hopkins and came to Templecombe but then blundered into the trap My Lord Cardinal had laid for him . |
| 9 | He gathered a chestful of air to shout at Fiona — dozy bitch had locked him out of his own fucking castle , his own bedroom — but then thought of the children . |