Example sentences of "but then [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then avowed with a great deal of feeling , ‘ I sorely needed somebody 's help when , with daylight I returned to that hotel and discovered you 'd taken a train back to Mariánské Láznë ! ’ |
| 2 | Neal , now assistant coach at Coventry , gained his first cap under Revie against Wales in 1976 but then seemed to be forgotten . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , Stevens , ’ he began with a false air of nonchalance , but then seemed at a loss how to continue . |
| 4 | SHARE prices in London shrugged off Monday 's sharp fall on Wall Street but then succumbed to fresh falls in New York late in the day . |
| 5 | For a while she thought that her visions had been a delirium , but then fell into an exhausted sleep when she received her sixteenth revelation in a dream which reassured her and made her deeply ashamed of her doubts . |
| 6 | Graham Gooch won an important toss but then fell in the seventh over , clearly surprised to be given out caught at the wicket . |
| 7 | The government and its supporters eventually accepted this but then insisted on a 75 per cent majority applying to regional issues , including the country 's future status as a unitary or a federal state . |
| 8 | It rose to something like 35,000 tons per year but then began to tail off ( see appendix D ) . |
| 9 | It happened less than 72 hours after Sampras had paid warm tribute in Frankfurt to the veteran coach he said had helped him so much in a year which began disastrously without him but then led to outstanding success in the second half of the year , culminating in the ATP Tour Championships title . |
| 10 | Predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion although with a substantial Roman Catholic ( Uniate ) minority , Kievan Rus had been the origin of the Russian state in the ninth century and enjoyed an extended period of independence , but then came under Lithuanian , Polish and ( from the seventeenth century ) Russian control . |
| 11 | They knocked out the next emplacement , but then came to one of those house-like ack-ack towers . |
| 12 | He received but scant attention outside his native land for half a century after his death , but then came to be a major force who made a profound impression on both theology and philosophy . |
| 13 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 14 | A Symes in High Street Ward , for example , pointed to the ‘ vast problems to be faced by the Borough — houses for the working classes , road improvements , removal of slums , tram system improved ’ , but then went to the heart of the matter : |
| 15 | ‘ I studied architecture here , but then went to the States for the degree , ’ Vitor replied , and rapped out brief details . |
| 16 | It was claimed that unions set out by being radical and militant in their outlook , but then went through a ‘ maturation ’ process , ultimately becoming pragmatic and less militant . |
| 17 | Now the reason for the five thousand reduction there is that there is traffic or there was traffic that previously er came up the A sixty one but then went along Follyfoot Road which is the road you 'll see on the plan which parallels the southern bypass , and that is why up that very short section er there was this reduction er which was heading for points to the east , which clearly went on then to the southern bypass . |
| 18 | ‘ She says he met someone from the convent on the night that Lady Eleanor died , and that Father Reynard did go to Godstowe but then disappeared until the next morning . ’ |
| 19 | Resentment was also fuelled by an incident in the eastern city of Santa Cruz in July , when a DEA agent shot and wounded a Bolivian in a bar , but then disappeared from the country before he could stand trial . |
| 20 | Lord Morton added that under criminal law , a driver who caused injury to a foetus could be convicted of causing death by reckless driving if the child were born alive but then died of his or her injuries . |
| 21 | Its share price began at $38 , soared to $55 but then crashed to $9 during a market collapse in 1903 . |
| 22 | Support for the accusation comes from two cases where associates of the duke were dismissed by the council for failing to render account , but then remained in post . |
| 23 | Support for the accusation comes from two cases where associates of the duke were dismissed by the council for failing to render account , but then remained in post . |
| 24 | ‘ That was very profound , ’ he said , quietly , but then refused to be drawn into a more serious mood . |
| 25 | Conversely , fractional albumin clearance fell with both treatments from 0 to 6 months ( although not significantly ) but then rose to pretreatment values after 12 months with hydrochlorothiazide , whereas it fell further with enalapril ( one way analysis of variance of the treatment-time interaction for enalapril group , p=0.022 ) . |
| 26 | Harris conceded the first point in setting with an error , but then reeled off three classic winners , a volleyed kill and two drives which flashed past Martin in midcourt . |
| 27 | Huy spread his hands submissively , but then winced in pain as Surere suddenly leant forward and seized his shoulder , the strength of ten men in his large , bony hand . |
| 28 | At the time he 'd thought it strange but then forgot about it . |