Sentence examples for then but from inspiring English sources

Let us consider two closed balls and Then but.

And then: But how?

Then: "But wait a minute.

Dependable, then – but unambitious.

Diminished then, but what about now?

Some comfort then, but not much.

Odd, then, but clever with it.

We probably overreacted then, but never again.

To publish, then, but how?

European then, but also exotic.

Not madness, then, but prescience.