Example sentences of "but then a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving to Cairn Gorm is a bit of a cheat , since you drive all the way up to the car park at 640 metres , but then a sea-level start in the Cairngorms is a bit tricky unless you do n't mind parking the car in Aberdeen and walking in . |
| 2 | But then a great thing happened . |
| 3 | But then a great metal-rimmed cart came crashing by , the people behind Cranston began to mutter and moan , so the coroner nodded at his companion that they should continue on their way . |
| 4 | As it was , George Scott — who was later to captain the victorious Great Britain soccer team at the World Games for the Deaf at Amsterdam in 1928 ( see photograph on page 310 ) — but then a small schoolboy at Donaldson 's remembers : |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , we waited for him but then a pedlar brought in his corpse . |
| 6 | To begin with , this was the only such pattern in existence , but then a new mutation arose . |
| 7 | But then a new thought occurred to her . |
| 8 | But then a major collapse set in and they slumped to 132–7 before . |
| 9 | But then a curious thing happened . |
| 10 | After that she was installed ante post favourite for next season 's One Thousand Guineas but then a pulled muscle forced her to miss her next outing , the Lowther Stakes at York . |
| 11 | The two Swiss stared at him as if he were mad ; but then a wild humour came into their ice-rimmed eyes . |
| 12 | It amused Luke for a moment , but then a merciless glint appeared in his eyes . |
| 13 | But then a different kind of terror came in daytime , starting on the second day . |
| 14 | For a while she hovered in the doorway of a film company building and watched the steady but sparse traffic of shoppers , office messengers and business types who were using the pathways through the square 's railed park as a shortcut on their way to somewhere else … but then a gold-braided security guard stepped out and asked if he could help her , and it was clear that she was being told to move on . |
| 15 | So after that I would never let him out to play , but then a social worker came to complain that I was keeping him in and away from other children . " |
| 16 | But then a 20-yard drive from substitute Thomas was deflected off Sansom into the opposite side of net goalkeeper Ogrizovic was guarding . |
| 17 | but then a teenaged boy , rather fat and muscular , raced up . |
| 18 | But then a peculiar light began to creep down the steps , mostly blocked by Adam , but searching , sharp , pricking Ruth like needles . |
| 19 | But then a remarkable event occurred . |
| 20 | But then a god-like creature appeared , and I protested to him — her ? — that if I was a monster , then monsters were GOOD creatures — I was good , truly I was — if only someone would kiss me like in fairytales . |