Example sentences of "but then [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anxiety fluttered deep inside her stomach , like thousands of tiny moths , but then they rode in through the north gate of the city and the clamorous bustle of the narrow , crowded streets assaulted her senses . |
| 2 | But then they came back and said it was changed to ‘ Everything We Do Is Driven By You ’ and my initial thought was ‘ Yuk , I do n't think I can do anything with that either , ’ because it just sounded like motor cars and I 'm not interested in singing songs about motor cars . |
| 3 | But then they came in , rolled up the carpet , cleaned the floor , put plastic mats down , told us to have a shower and gave us clean clothes and clean sheets . |
| 4 | But then they bring up the story of a great uncle who was infected with French ideas and took to drink , and so they insinuate I shall do the same . ’ |
| 5 | But then they dried up and the last seven of his 31 caps came as substitute . |
| 6 | But then they come back . |
| 7 | The police come along and things go quiet for a couple of months but then they come back again . ’ |
| 8 | But then they went up and did a whole loada stuff for the miners . |
| 9 | It seems to be that soaps are endlessly doing that , they want to say maybe nurture is actually more important than blood , but then they pull back and keep reasserting the importance of blood ties . |
| 10 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
| 11 | I was living off my car savings for a while , but then they ran out . |
| 12 | I , I did do years gone by yes and they , they did move into the football combination at one time , because it was considered that the Midland Intermediate League was too big a jump for young men into the first team and the difference was so vast in the type of football that Walsall second team they u only playing young fellas , and they used to win seven and eight goal margins every week you know , but then they moved up into combination that was a better standard of football , but latter years economy drives and everything they came back out of the combination reverted to the Midland Intermediate again which I believe there are two phases of that no one for s older players and the other one strictly for youth players |
| 13 | But then they lapse back into the local way of speaking when they 're on their own . |
| 14 | But then they fly off to Stockholm and have a couple of drinks . |
| 15 | Right but then we go on to working out fractions , what 's two fifteenths of a pound . |
| 16 | We deserved to lead but then we sat back . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But then we pulled off great wins at Leeds , Chelsea and Roker Park . ’ |
| 18 | But then we read on again . |
| 19 | Erm , and perhaps because he was becoming too friendly with Josephine , he was sent to Spain by Bonaparte , but then he fell out with Bonaparte , and Bonaparte fell out with him , and he was put under surveillance by the erm , the President , and erm , it makes you wonder what really went wrong . |
| 20 | But then he glanced back at her , and his expression had hardened . |
| 21 | But then he went on to say that this was in fact a sin , because if I wanted to give my all to God then the things that I did n't like doing or showing , I had to do . |
| 22 | Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers . |
| 23 | But then he got up , and we went . |
| 24 | For a moment it seemed that he would protest , but then he got up . |
| 25 | But then he got on with it . |
| 26 | But then he goes on : |
| 27 | He 's a labourer , but then he goes out sweeping chimneys . |
| 28 | But then he gave up concert performances to retire to his home in Texas . |
| 29 | In fact , it was earlier than I wanted to be in front , but then he galloped on in his stride all the way to the line . |
| 30 | Possibly yes , he kind of like wants to erm move off but then he comes back to it in a minute though , so that does n't quite hold . |