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

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1 She never revealed her own secrets to me but then after a while I made no more enquiries — I did n't want to do anything to lose her . ’
2 Ted 's initial fear was that they 'd done something stupid and run away together , but then after a while he 'd begun to hope for this and nothing worse .
3 For example : You see like , the parents who come over from the West Indies , they try and teach their children this attitude " you 're English , you was born here , so you must talk the right and proper way , so you must n't talk like that " , but then after a time , as you get older , they do n't really worry about it too much .
4 Every so often he has ‘ comeback ’ matches … but then after a couple of games he s out again .
5 But then after a while they 'll think
6 So you , you 'd manage on fifteen thousand but then after the twelve months you 'd most probably want to go up to say seventy five percent of your earnings ?
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