Example sentences of "at [num] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corals offered him at 5-1 but soon had to come down to join Ladbrokes at 4-1 . |
| 2 | So that the meeting and the usual Saturday-night social that was to follow it could end before curfew , proceedings had been due to commence at six but , even so , no one really expected a punctual start . |
| 3 | Backley , needing to reach the 80-metre mark , must have been sweating when his opening effort dropped short at 79.36 but he went through with his second throw of 80.76 . |
| 4 | There 's snooker at three but I think there 's a match of rugby of some sort . |
| 5 | 1993 itself will undoubtedly be equally as difficult a year in many ways at 1992 but we are better equipped now that new foundations have been laid for building an effective and successful engineering and construction consultancy business for the nineties . |
| 6 | Ladbrokes had quoted Francois Boutin 's colt at 40–1 but have now taken him out of their list . |
| 7 | I must be with my Minister at ten but I 'll come back for the funeral … or if anyone else wants to talk to me … ’ |
| 8 | British membership now stood at 1,639 but the overnight total had been augmented by many European trampers , a trend which was widely welcomed as a sign of real internationalism : ‘ This summer our hostels housed a miniature League of Nations ’ , claimed the Manchester and District Ramblers ' Federation Handbook in 1932 . |
| 9 | Ladbrokes had quoted Jenny Pitman 's gelding , who has been off the course for over two and a half years , at 33-1 but have now scratched him from their list . |
| 10 | Admittedly assessment at earlier ages was not approached as so all-enveloping a concern as at 16 but warnings about the national curriculum were serious . |
| 11 | Hill 's make Prize Asset favourite at 11-2 but Beau Ranger leads the market at the same price with Ladbrokes . |
| 12 | The next morning unslept I was up at five but because of rain it was much later when we started the six kilometres ' trail to the larger lake on the reserve . |
| 13 | Say , well I 'm awfully sorry I 'm off at five but I got to be back at eight . |
| 14 | He got to his feet at five but had to take the mandatory count of eight . |
| 15 | These men should have gone off duty at twelve but he was able to dismiss only two of them whom he could replace with experienced men from the afternoon shift . |
| 16 | The first anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ( on June 3 , 1989 ) was commemorated in Tehran on June 4 by huge crowds of mourners , estimated by organizers at 8,000,000 but believed by Western observers to number several hundred thousands . |
| 17 | She finished at the college at one but she had some shopping to do . ’ |
| 18 | Dunlop is fastest after practice at 104.16 but I feel that brother Joey may grab a win here despite the fact that he was fourth fastest in practice . |
| 19 | A young person officially comes of age at eighteen but , when so many go on to higher education and training after leaving school , even that does not mark the end of dependence on parents or state . |
| 20 | This time , the exact number of moves per game was not fixed at 200 but was left open , for a good reason that I shall come to later . |
| 21 | yeah yeah and fine now I think somebody 's coming to see me at eleven and then I 'm teaching from twelve til two , somebody 's coming to see me at two but a bit later on this afternoon or on Monday morning I can do |
| 22 | The yard door was bolted at 11.15 but a woman — Sara ? — was seen to enter by it at around 11.30 . |