Example sentences of "but then [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 They 're still completely wild , but then they also want to be remembered as a damned good band and not just as part of a mad drugs scene . ’
2 But then they also see exactly what is entailed in having a newborn baby to care for , who does not sleep all day , but cries and is sick and needs constant attention .
3 Secondly , biochemical differences in schizophrenia certainly exist , but then they also exist between people who are angry and those who are watching television .
4 But then they also you can register as a non-taxpayer .
5 But then they just say it 's so crowded over there
6 But then they abjectly apologize that due to some ludicrous technicality , they can not employ you .
7 Morels thrive briefly after a fire or bout of logging , but then they too disappear .
8 Political conditions in Guatemala have not been ideal recently , but then they never were .
9 He does n't look like an axe killer , but then they never do .
10 ‘ They thought they were doing well with just the anecdotes to bring home to their wives because they were going to see the Princess Royal on the eve of her wedding , but then they really hit the jackpot with Diana and Charles .
11 ‘ The director told us to keep cool , ’ recalled Quinn , ‘ but then they really started getting heavy with Lloyd Nolan .
12 Perhaps AM was worried that it might take some of the momentum away from their PostScript imagesetter but then they hardly seem to be setting the world alight with that either .
13 But then they suddenly listen to what you say and they think , well that 's funny , I was thinking about that when I was saying my prayers the other day .
14 Well I know you 're not giving them our biscuit but then we just get through .
15 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 .
16 There was no kitchen but then we always ate at the market .
17 But then we still would n't have known .
18 ’ If the police say my vehicle is unroadworthy then I 'll accept that , but then we still need somewhere to live . ’
19 But then he also talked of the power of the mind and maybe that was part of the reassurance .
20 But then he also once dodged a bolt of lightning .
21 He could n't help feeling sorry for the chap , but then he also felt sorry for Liza .
22 But then he double bogeyed both the fifth and sixth to finish in 77 and join Darcy on 145 .
23 He had not retired to bed sober , but then he rarely , if ever , did .
24 We tried to pull the leg up so that he would n't put so much weight on it , but then he only found it even harder to walk straight .
25 Thinking about it it used to work with Sterland , but then he only came forward AFTER strach had the ball and when the opposition were pushed right back … and he crossed it while in front of the defender rather than having to get round him .
26 But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted .
27 But then he suddenly went away by the window and he would n't come back .
28 But then he suddenly asked , ‘ Why did he leave Argentina ? ’
29 But then he quickly grew stronger , and every day told his rescuers how grateful he was .
30 Churchill had a great time in leading for the Opposition and made what I thought was a splendid speech — but then he usually did .
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