Example sentences of "but then [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then they got into trouble . |
| 2 | But then he exploded into life again and it was simply a question of when Carr would go down . |
| 3 | But then he went on television with his wife Hillary , a forceful , highly political lawyer . |
| 4 | He never drank till the evening , but then he indulged in beer and gossip . |
| 5 | Well I was thinking of walking home from the centre of the town but then I thought to hell with it . |
| 6 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
| 7 | But then it turned to mud — horrible stuff that sucked at my feet , and stank . |
| 8 | In Orkney , the attack on housing policy was at first personal but then it turned against bureaucracy in general which led officials to being very defensive . |
| 9 | At first Buzz saw nothing , but then she gasped in horror . |