Sentence examples for but then gained from inspiring English sources

It lost 46.2 percent in 2008 but then gained 48.9 percent in 2009.

The visitation began in a dream, but then gained a very undreamlike reality.

After the first quarter of the senior teams final, O'Rourke led by 2 imps, but then gained 53 imps in the second session.

Barry was born Margaret Ann Bulkley in Cork, Ireland, in about 1790, but then gained a place at Edinburgh's celebrated medical school after adopting a male disguise.

Bush temporarily lost control of his empire in 1933, but then gained it back and held it until his death in 1948.

The authors give a hypothetical usage example: "I was so thin until I started hanging out with Britney, but then gained some friend fat".

"I'd lose weight, but then gain it back and eventually topped out at 258 pounds on a 5-foot-1-inch frame in the winter of '03-'04".

Boom: Prices rise slowly at first, but then gain momentum as more participants enter the market.

People on low-fat diets generally lose about two to four pounds after several weeks, but then gain that weight back even while continuing with the diet.

But Hampton then gained a slick ground-ball double play when third baseman Joe McEwing fielded catcher Bobby Estalella's roller to third.

A rally in 1975 took the average to 852, but it then gained only a net 23 points over the next six years.Equity markets have again reached a stage where valuations look attractive in historic terms.