Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at the [noun sg] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For instance , as far as nature and wildlife is concerned , there are parks , nature reserves , wildlife centres , aquariums , beaches and waterfalls that are not only aimed at the tourist but at local people too , ’ he added . |
| 2 | And there was his behaviour since their father 's death : odd little things she had scarcely noticed at the time but now they began to acquire significance in her mind . |
| 3 | Significantly , however , this ritual was not allowed to take place within the sacred precincts : the animal was burned whole ‘ outside the camp ’ , its blood was not offered at the altar but burned along with the carcass , and the officiating priest was required to cleanse himself after the sacrifice . |
| 4 | We 're working at things which the players might not appreciate at the moment but they will in 10 years time when they look back on what they have achieved . |
| 5 | It should also be noted that although candidates may be admitted initially as prospective students for honours , admission to the honours courses is not guaranteed at the outset but depends on performance in classes taken in the first two , or in some cases three , years . |
| 6 | and so I 'm a , I 'm a bit sort of like disturbed at the moment but erm yeah the gig on the twenty ninth yeah ? |
| 7 | Peaty alluvial soils characteristically have an O horizon which usually occurs at the surface but can be interbedded with freshwater alluvial sediments . |
| 8 | Erm if if you did n't have those erm what would happen instead is the erm , the louvres are a are still weighted at the bottom but it 's a slightly smaller weight . |
| 9 | He said members of the London-based Order had once lived at the convent but numbers had reduced when he bought it . |
| 10 | The fall of the skirt is slightly broken at the back but in front shows columnar fluting , like the charioteer but fuller and broader . |
| 11 | then the eyes would be something you 'd also confront at the beginning but they 're equally important for the fox actually walking are n't they ? |
| 12 | A very scholarly and erudite work , widely acclaimed at the time but since much maligned . |
| 13 | The edges of the solid alder body are smoothly rounded at the front but squared off on the back , with no comfy contouring . |
| 14 | I do n't particularly look at the shed but there you are . |
| 15 | He did n't look at the boy but stared instead at a potted palm withering in its tub beside the grand piano on the rostrum . |
| 16 | I did n't look at the denomination but there was no doubt it would have been high . |
| 17 | In one he 's in a lift that does n't stop at the top but keeps going into a world of claustrophobia and vertigo . |
| 18 | He was not immediately arrested at the airport but kept under close surveillance . |
| 19 | I did n't twig at the time but really she just wanted to hang out in the shop and she was coming up with any old excuse she could find to be in there . |
| 20 | Oh well we 're fairly heavily committed at the moment but erm well I suppose we could go up to a budget of about forty pounds a month . |
| 21 | We 'll call it that for now , no-one 's actually voting at the moment but it , it 's covers the same thing you see . |
| 22 | And Queen 's hope that they will be joined by other top quality players who are currently studying at the university but play with other club sides . |