(Contrastive) from another point of view.
1 She didn't answer that one, but then it was a different question.
2 We started quite brightly but then the key moment went against us.
3 Football may not have come home, but then it never really left
4 It was complicated, but then they came from a large Italian family.
5 That was so yesterday; but then The General came as chief speaker.
6 It was initially bound for Singapore, but then appeared to change course.
7 Friends saw him start the swim but then lost sight of him.
8 They had hung out together during the course but then lost contact.
9 They deny it, of course, but then everybody's trying to look brave.
10 Centrifuge parts that worked for a year but then began to malfunction.
11 It's hardly worn, but then , my father often forgot to carry one.
12 Victorian authorities initially said you can't but then backflipped on the decision.
13 It was a strange lifeboat, but then this was a strange sea.
14 I nearly succeeded this time, but then he twisted my right hand.
15 None of us could, of course, but then I thought of you.
16 Twitter was already out, of course, but then they fully integrated video.
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