Example sentences of "but after [art] time [art] " in BNC.

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1 At first this was merely the usual paranoid rumour inevitable under a ruthless regime where informers abounded , but after a time a more imaginative version emerged .
2 Some of the demonstrators were denied access to the Diamond by police tenders drawn up across Shipquay Street but after a time the RUC withdrew altogether and the Diamond was filed by the vast crowd .
3 As it was no longer raining they had not taken shelter in any of the caves , but after a time the thin man out of sheer restlessness looked into the nearest and came out carrying a sack .
4 The reader begins by being faintly amused at their sheer improbability ; but after a time the response turns into pained embarrassment .
5 But after a time the book fell from his hand .
6 But after a time the right person could tie you down .
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