Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] while [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The decision to compete with the fiction lending libraries altered things , but for a while the old remedy of pulping was resorted to , sometimes with amusing consequences as the flood of popular titles reached ever greater strength . |
2 | But after a while the Yugoslav government took them over , and converted them into agreements to supply oil . |
3 | They were very sympathetic but after a while the tension began to build with ever-increasing rows . |
4 | But after a while the Zionists got impatient for ‘ Brits Out ’ so they started a ‘ Kill the British ’ campaign . |
5 | But after a while the White Rabbit came past again , looking for his white gloves and his fan . |
6 | At first Dr Jaffery told more Mullah Nasir-ud-Din stories , but after a while the conversation became more serious . |
7 | But after a while the brain gym produces a sense of slipping away , while flashing colours play like a beautiful slow-motion firework display before your eyes . |
8 | But after a while the chaste quality of their relationship grew irksome . |