Example sentences of "but then [noun prp] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was running blind , but then Macrae faded from view and from my senses . |
| 2 | But then Beck majored in journalism at the University of Georgia . |
| 3 | Her anger kept her going for the best part of two days , but then Mick bumped into her and asked how Jack was , and she told him , in words of one syllable . |
| 4 | But then Salford turned on the heat , with seven tries in the last half hour . |
| 5 | I sat there imagining all the pretty clothes I would have when I married a rich husband , but then Mary appeared with the assistant . |
| 6 | But then Martin grabbed at her again , and again , and again . |
| 7 | I ca n't see what Andy 's doing because the man 's body is in the way , but then Andy hits into him , bowling him backwards and he shouts and I wriggle away from them ; I scramble off through the ferns on all fours and then stop and look back and the man 's got Andy , he 's struggling with him , leaning over him , folding him , pressing him down , and Andy 's breathing hard , grunting , trying to break free . |
| 8 | It took them nineteen hundred years to decide , but then God dwells in eternity , and the Church too , so there 's no hurry . |