Example sentences of "but then they [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then they tumbled the following year , crashing by 31 per cent when measured against the price of manufactured goods . |
| 2 | The main road used to come here and the ferry took you over to the north side of the loch , but then they up-graded the way round the loch from a track to a road and the ferry stopped . |
| 3 | But then they took the pins out , |
| 4 | But then they raised the target to 16 then to 18 and so on . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |