Example sentences of "but then we [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then we would have to find separate words for every action or event denoted by different lexical verbs : a mammoth and unnecessary task . |
| 2 | None of these animals have the sort of intelligence that would enable them to function as successful human beings ( ignoring the physical differences ) , but then we would not seem to have the kind of intelligence that would enable us to operate successfully in their environments . |
| 3 | We think it 's essential reading but then we would say that would n't we . |
| 4 | But then we would send our teams away , and they 'd come back with no better than an honourable defeat in the Test Series . |
| 5 | But then we would n't be able to afford it if the market goes up and |
| 6 | But then we might miss out on Dennis Carthy , the fellow who used to take to the Tube dressed in a bra , a blouse and fishnet stockings and entertain customers on the Bakerloo Line with tricks that involved a teddy bear , a pistol and a six-foot python . |
| 7 | Sheridan might have made a difference given the chance — but then we 'll never know quite what sent the skilful midfielder packing to Sheffield Wednesday after hardly a sniff of the City Ground . |
| 8 | And erm with these you changed them both into sixths did n't you could have changed them both into twelfths and it would have work but then we 'll get an answer that needs we would have got sixth twelfths well it still comes to a half . |
| 9 | Er er but then we 'll have more sessions booked in , we can just slot you in to one of those I should think . |
| 10 | and say well we 'll hold that for five months but then we 'll go back to the |
| 11 | Yeah , but then we 'll do that in the car wash then . |
| 12 | But then we could n't have foreseen your future , or mine . |
| 13 | Perverse conditioned psychological needs require some of our best thinking to solve — but then we should n't have let them become habits in the first place . |
| 14 | But then we should all know by now that purely cricketing considerations are less of a priority than once they were . |
| 15 | But then we should have got we we sh We should have done it on the way there , but we forget . |
| 16 | But then we used to se |
| 17 | But then we 'd be looking for francs . |