At first this continual alertness and tension is rather exhausting; but after a very short time it becomes second nature.
Along the road, with its endless swarm of humanity, we had seen no game, but after a half mile it began to appear.
It was very hard work indeed, but after a half hour of it we gained a thin bush not over thirty yards from a half dozen dark and indeterminate bodies dozing in the very centre of a brush patch.
He sets down the fact that "we met a rhino that turned a bit nasty, but after a shot in the shoulder decided to leave us alone.
So they travelled for a long time, and through many lands, and the King's daughter did not at all know where he was taking her, but after a long, long time they came to a gold wood.
But after a time Jack made up his mind to go again to the Giant's castle.
At first he could not see any keyhole, but after a careful search he found one hidden in the carving, and the golden key just fitted it; so the Prince gave it a vigorous turn and the doors flew open.
I planned that I would lie under a wagon and read for an hour or two every day before I went to sleep, and I did for the first two or three; but after that I only wanted to sleep, like the rest, and I packed my books away.
But after Em was gone Lyndall sat on, watching the old crone's face in the corner, and with a weary look, as though the whole world's weight rested on these frail young shoulders.
But after all," said Lord de Winter, when the three friends had been named, "we do not know who you are.
I know that such viands pass with difficulty through convent gratings; but after all, as I have given you proofs, my dear cousin, I am not unskilled in such affairs, and I will take charge of the commission.
And when I had lavished time, money, and everything to make my descent to the grave placid and pleasant, is indeed a severe lesson; but after all I firmly believe it is for the best, and though my heart may break I will not repine.
On the first trial the jury did not agree, but after a second trial I was fined several hundred dollars.
So Snati went up into the Prince's bed, but after a time he came back, and told Ring he could go there himself now, but to take care not to meddle with anything that was in the bed.
She took a bottle, rubbed him from head to foot with something from it, and thereupon he was as sound as ever; but after what he had got that night he was very unwilling to try it a second time.
But after a few hours, by the magic arts of the old witch, he was overpowered by sleep, and the mare and foal escaped and did as they had been told to do.
But after a short time the woman gave birth to a little girl, who was as white as snow and as cold as ice.
But after that he staggered, his knees gave way, he pitched half forward and half aside, like a falling horse, and with a deep groan he fell with his face to the floor.
But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
But after a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them.
But after a while Sarria took his cigar from his lips, saying: "How still it is!
But after he had said good-bye to the Governor, he was moved to go on to the hop ranch to see the condition of affairs in that quarter.
But after a while his heart began to fail him; and he sighed, and said within himself - 'What if my father have other sons about him whom he loves?
But after a moment Pelias spoke gently, 'Why then so rash, my son?
Once during this passage my Arabs lost their way among the hills of loose sand that surrounded us, but after a while we were lucky enough to recover our right line of march.
Without pause or remission of pace I continued to press forward, but after a while I found to my confusion that the slight track which had hitherto guided me now failed altogether.
He gave his slaves a certain day's work; but after it he gave them leisure, and leave that each should work in the twilight and at night for himself, and as he pleased.
King Gudrod Bjornson went out with his people; but after a short resistance he fell, and many men with him.
He wondered if she expected him to do it; but after all he didn't see how he could without any preliminary business at all.
But after a time Watson's young affections changed, and one day he described the rupture to Philip.
She got up and walked towards the dressing-table, but after a quick look in the glass sank into a chair.
But after a time we had it fairly well replaced, one end standing in the mud of the shallow water and the other resting against a tree.
I meant to have no more to do with money when I came here; but after a time I saw that money means power, and that it is in fact a necessity, if any good is to be done.
But after riding on camels through the desert, and drinking my glass by the fireside in Moscow, I never thought that I should come back to die here beneath the trees that my father planted," and he began to work again.
But after a few days I saw that no one was going to suspect me, and after that I got to feeling glad I did it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but after" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
