Example sentences of "but then the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She returns to prostitution but then the final exploiter , the pimp , forces himself onto the scene and her life effectively comes to an end . |
| 2 | He 'd made his bed when he left ; that was unlike him , but then the sober man was neat and organized . |
| 3 | Later , any letter after the first can begin the next word but then the new word must include all the remaining letters : |
| 4 | At first , Charles found only 150 clansmen , all of them Macdonalds , waiting to greet him but then the distant skirl of bagpipes was heard and the Camerons , 700 or 800 strong , came down the hillside in orderly columns , escorting the prisoners captured at High Bridge . |
| 5 | But then the managing director of the advertising agency responsible for the advertisement owned up . |
| 6 | But then the polar explorer and his partner , Dr Michael Stroud , arrived back in Britain only yesterday from their epic 95-day record-breaking Antarctic expedition . |
| 7 | But then the stupid bastard stopped right in the middle of the bridge . |
| 8 | All this accounts fairly satisfactorily for the strength and weakness of glasses , with which are included natural glassy minerals such as flint and obsidian , but then the vast majority of hard solids , both natural and artificial , are crystalline . |
| 9 | Some backward tribes inhabited the remoter mountains and jungles but the main population was of the same race ; today they are known as Vietnamese but then the outside world knew them as Annamites or Annamese . |
| 10 | But then the other man seemed to regain control of himself , for the next moment he was shinning up the rope as though he had just realised his life depended on it — quite literally ! |
| 11 | But then the other girl was like stick was n't she ? |
| 12 | But then the other stuff started happening , personal things , just like a soap opera , the same sort of chaos as it was with the Jeremy/Peter/Danny saga . |
| 13 | But then the other faction , the shattered remains of the erstwhile " confident " party , had argued rather differently … far from being a sign of collapse it was , in fact , a sign of the Collector 's resolve , his determination not to submit to oppression , to fight back , in other words . |
| 14 | But then the chilling truth dawned on Captain Gary Snavely . |
| 15 | But then the Japanese government swung into action . |
| 16 | ‘ But then the young man who was slotted for this spot had to back out . |
| 17 | But then the civil war of the first years of the new century caused what was virtually the collapse of the French army , a collapse confirmed by the defeat at Agincourt at the hands of English men-at-arms and archers . |
| 18 | But then the entire house , with its views out over the bay and the stunningly wild countryside , was a dream . |
| 19 | But then the International Cricket Council ruled that a century for the rebel South African Breweries XI against South Africa in Johannesburg 11 years ago was not first-class . |
| 20 | But then the old fool should have been a little less unwashed and boring . |
| 21 | But then the dreaded word ‘ school ’ was mentioned , and I found myself decked out in a strange blue and grey uniform with a new yellow and blue tie and a starched white shirt collar that felt tight and very uncomfortable round my neck . |
| 22 | It 's just because you 're the poor fish my daughter married ; but then the unfortunate girl could n't get a better catch in her particular sea . ’ |
| 23 | Germany 's offer may have appealed to anti-Russian prejudice , but then the Polish state had fought and beaten the Soviets once , and compared to that Hitler 's offer sounded to Lipski like the opportunity to become a mere German satellite . |
| 24 | But then the bloodstained vehicle was found . |
| 25 | But then the starving thesp always had more street cred than the vouchered … |
| 26 | Sales of BS2000 mainframes now contribute about a third of Siemens Nixdorf 's revenues , and Gruneberg denies any negative effects from the downsizing trend — but then the German market always was notoriously slow to latch onto industry trends that are rampant elsewhere . |
| 27 | But then the alien disease , like a parasite , takes hold again and for a time destroys everything in its path : all hope , all trust , all honesty , all love , all relationships . |
| 28 | Hunt overtook Lauda to win the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama , the fourth of the championship , but then the season-long wrangling and arguing started when it was ruled that Hunt 's car was 1.8 cm ( 0.7 in ) too wide and he was stripped of his points , Lauda being promoted to first place . |
| 29 | But then the full force of Luke 's home hit her straight between the eyes . |
| 30 | It 's certainly not for the prissy of nature but then the original novel was also considered at the time rather racy . |