Example sentences of "but then [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slightly but then him and me did n't get on . |
| 2 | But then me and Emma got going and we got a bit drunk and we just said anything and it was really embarrassing . |
| 3 | Thou twittest me with being a knave and a traitor , but then thou hast a lying tongue … |
| 4 | But then they talked about the North , of Stockton and Teesside , and Macmillan enquired with a warmth of feeling which Ramsey found impressive . |
| 5 | They were OK in bursts but then they 'd stand in on one of their boring , self-indulgent , 20-minute solos . |
| 6 | They were pretty much the style of suits that people wear now — double-breasted with peg trousers — but then they were something of a revolution . |
| 7 | But then they raised the target to 16 then to 18 and so on . |
| 8 | ‘ But then they all say that at this time of year , do n't they ? ’ |
| 9 | But then they fly off to Stockholm and have a couple of drinks . |
| 10 | But then they took it away , said it was blinding him . |
| 11 | But then they had realized that that would mean their Dad was all alone and so they had prayed again , that they could all be together in one place or the other . |
| 12 | But then they can go away and sing in places where no one works with them and very quickly their talent can become spoilt . |
| 13 | ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said . |
| 14 | But then they would have to tell shareholders why only half of the consolidated profits of MEPC comes from the 700 properties it has assembled — with the other half provided by the 20 or so Oldham properties . |
| 15 | But then they could n't bear the clothes to go in together . |
| 16 | But then they were not written with the likes of me in mind . |
| 17 | One night there was a little backdrop of a painted garden , and in front of it two new boys were doing a strip routine to the original ‘ Let's Stay Together ’ ; but then they got carried away and ended up just leaning against the wall together , leaning up against the painted flowerbeds and the little painted bridge , just kissing and making love right there , for at least forty minutes , nobody minded . |
| 18 | At first the going was so firm that they could travel comfortably at 50 miles per hour , but then they had to head north and traverse what is known as the Grand Sea Erg . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Colonel Mayhew was another , and Canon Devlin , but then they could be excused as being respected elders , as it were , of the community . |
| 21 | But then they , unlike me , were n't being paid to listen . |
| 22 | But then they were just two little boys . |
| 23 | Surely you do n't actually believe all that stuff in the papers about how it was so much better in the old days , but then they got in a bunch of yuppies and ruined it all by going down-market and yoof-crazed , do you ? |
| 24 | But then they come back . |
| 25 | But then they started to fight over other things , and sometimes for no reason at all . |
| 26 | But then they hesitate in doubt , not because they spot a new snag about believing but because they remember a previous experience . |
| 27 | But then they discontinued their entire range almost overnight to concentrate on the RG540 and JEM series , having worked hard to establish some of the world 's finest players as endorsees . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | But then they went up and did a whole loada stuff for the miners . |
| 30 | You half expect their quiet moments to be a mere ‘ quiet before the storm ’ intro to some Metallica prog-thrash epic about hellspawn putrefaction , but then they meander into Sonic Youth discordant territory , then suddenly it 's walls of sonic bliss , then it 's off into a sample-aided , arse-quaking , ‘ Die asshole muthaf—er ’ industrial rant , then some tedious feedback wanking then … erm , that 's it . |