Synonym: on the other hand, then again. Similar words: just then, cutthroat, cut-throat, put through, cut through, cut the mustard, beat about the bush, put the cart before the horse. Meaning: adv. (contrastive) from another point of view.
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181. But then, in his very next speech he insists on shaking the hands of all of the conspirators.
182. But then it took broken bones longer to heal as age crept into them.
183. If so, there was danger all round ... That nice young girl. But then again, was she nice?
184. He looks annoyed, but then on seeing that the victim has the only chair, he curbs his irritation.
185. She may have elbowed in ahead of other deserving souls, but then neither of her children got polio.
186. But then, as so often happens in science, more research complicated the picture.
187. But then, quite by accident, she made a discovery that more or less forced her to seek him out.
188. But then that other manic voice was saying to him: But are you sure that the real world exists anymore?
189. Academic interpretations held off the shame for a while, but then he could no longer close his mind to it.
190. Raducanu attended the official dinner that followed the international but then left his team-mates.
191. But then they began to climb up a narrow, spiral staircase[http://sentencedict.com], and she saw no more.
192. Children. But then again our world is suddenly very full, humanly, full of faces and voices.
193. They were heading for the bullseye to begin with, but then the target started to accelerate it speeded up.
194. But then again this is the one form of cricket they are reasonably competent at.
195. The Library of Congress Classification Scheme is very evidently enumerative, but then all the major classification schemes are.
196. But then so am I if I saw a lion wandering around the back alleys of Danang, right?
197. Still not getting anywhere in Northern Ireland, but then, who is?
198. But then it is believed Diana and her children will be back on the huge Althorp Estate.
199. But then the door bursts open and yet more soldiers push into the room.
200. Nguyen Seth hadn't changed since then, Duroc knew. But then again, the Elder was older than he looked.
201. That, and a few water spouts, but then boys will be boys.
202. Housework won't kill you, but then again, why take the chance? Phyllis Diller 
203. The boy appeared skeptical, but then began to chant the aleph-bet, over and over again.
204. But then young Charlie dropped the biggest clanger of his racing life.
205. But then, the Mob would never negotiate a great contract.
206. He doesn't have a strong French accent, but then he's lived here for twenty years.
207. He began it, but then he stopped because he decided that it wasn't an interesting enough story.
208. His hair was longer in those days but then my beard was bushier so I suppose we were about equally hirsute.
209. At first she was shy but then she chattered about Nantes, how she missed the dark woods and green fields of Brittany.
210. They swept to a 6-0 lead in that game but then blew it, losing their ninth straight.
More similar words: just then, cutthroat, cut-throat, put through, cut through, cut the mustard, beat about the bush, put the cart before the horse, butt, at that, not that, hen, then, mutt, get the axe, ashen, when, button, butter, utter, butt in, butted, put to, hit the roof, get the sack, at the most, hit the hay, hence, and then, by then.