Example sentences of "[adj] but at the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The line is now extinct but at the time we arrived they had lived in the castle for some five hundred years .
2 It was very short-lived but at the time it was a bit of a shock .
3 We need staffing , people in that area and she 's an internal candidate that 's come through , she 's done a good job right and and now she 's you know it 's not right but at the moment it gets us over a q over a quick fix
4 I know it sounds pathetic but at the time it gave me a bit of a fright . ’
5 It 's laughable but at the time it was n't laughable but when you think back , this man that I was put on with , he was acting guard foreman .
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