Example sentences of "[verb] but at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | … a set of men who live by death and never care to appear but at the End of Man 's Life … their Business is to watch Death , and to furnish out the Funeral Solemnity , with as much pomp and feigned sorrow as the Heirs or Successors of the Deceased chose to purchase : They are a hard-hearted Generation , and require more money than Brains to conduct their Business ; I know no one Qualification peculiarly necessary to them , except that is a steady , demure and melancholy Countenance at Command : I do not know , that they take Apprentices in their Capacity as Undertakers , for they are generally Carpenters , or Herald-Painters besides ; and they only employ , as Journeymen , a set of Men whom they have picked up , possessed of a sober Countenance , and a solemn melancholy Face , whom they pay at so much a Jobb . |
| 2 | Earlier material may be shown but at the discretion of the school . |
| 3 | It makes you think but at the end of the day you 've trained your horses to be here and do it well . |
| 4 | He recovered but at the age of 22 was left almost completely bald and had to wear a wig , a fashion he discarded in the heat of India . |
| 5 | There were so many things to do but at the back of her mind she knew she would never do any of them . |
| 6 | EVER-MARRIED ( WOMEN ) — The term includes currently married women and women who once married but at the time of the observation were divorced , separated or widowed , and excludes single persons . |
| 7 | Results are obtained but at the cost of personal relationships and the outcomes are not necessarily the optimum possible . |
| 8 | The number of eighteen-year-olds seeking further and higher education is currently on the decline , at the same time as more of the graduates emerging from university are non-cognate ; thus a balance is being held but at the expense of ‘ RICS students ' . |