Example sentences of "but then [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isle of Wight radio said the former TV presenter agreed to host a two-week show for nothing , but then demanded £1,000 . |
| 2 | But then acting captain Richard Harden and Graham Rose ran riot with a record-breaking third-wicket stand in Sunday cricket against Yorkshire of 167 in only 24 overs . |
| 3 | No , I know it does n't make much sense , but then does Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil if you come from Partick ? |
| 4 | She struggled and was nearly countered , but then negated Wu 's defence and slipped in for a one-armed shoulder throw . |
| 5 | but then come Saturday morning |
| 6 | You see , but then strike action . |
| 7 | But then came Bigwig , twisting in and out of the branches , his mouth full of berries . |
| 8 | He forged into a 6-5 lead in the fourth set but then saw King draw two shots close to the jack on the eighth end for a match lie . |
| 9 | He forged into a 6-5 lead in the fourth set but then saw King draw two shots close to the jack on the eighth end for a match lie . |
| 10 | Gavin , with an innocent air , carefully scraped up the worst of the burned shell from the stewpot , but then saw Luch watching ; somehow he found himself dropping the charred scraps into the fire , and ladling out some better meat . |
| 11 | Some species , such as locusts and aphids , use glycogen and the disaccharide trehalose at first , but then consume fat during prolonged flight . |
| 12 | HOW 'S ABOUT FAT , THEN : The Duchess gets as far as raising a leg but then decides exercise is just too much effort and takes the rest of the sunbathing session lying down |
| 13 | Corman directed most of the picture but then had stop because union rules , to which he adhered religiously in terms of actors ' and technicians ' payments , made it impossible to continue with a fully fledged production team . |
| 14 | He captured three quick wickets before Richards and Lloyd ( who passed 7,000 Test runs ) steadied the ship , but then had Richards lbw , although umpire Meyer later admitted that he may have made a mistake and had considered recalling the batsman . |
| 15 | City equalised through Peter Costello after 49 minutes but then had Graham Bressington dismissed for a scything tackle on Tony Griffiths . |
| 16 | Not a dog , devilish or otherwise , she thought with some amusement but then remembered tales of witches and their black feline familiars . |
| 17 | Erm but then weighing things up I 've got to reflect on that one . |
| 18 | But then consider folk-dance , ordinarily less developed , formally , than ballet ; indeed often no more developed than ballroom dances . |
| 19 | He walked first of all towards the place where he and Christian had tied their horses , but then changed direction to where he had noticed Anna seated on the steps of a caravan . |
| 20 | The 26-year-old striker later claimed he had picked up a groin injury but then breached club regulations and widened the rift with Wilkinson by failing to turn up for training or treatment on Monday and Tuesday . |
| 21 | But then see people live live different lives today . |
| 22 | But then making life easier for the passenger is what BAA is all about , and to do so successfully takes careful planning . |
| 23 | But then ferry flights were the order of the day at Goose . |
| 24 | Earlier he phoned his Los Angeles office to say that the atmosphere on the island was tense — but then phone communications were cut . |
| 25 | But then to avoid confusion we need some way of marking the participant role distinction . |
| 26 | Corks first popped in ancient Greece and Rome , but then gave way to more primitive stoppers . |