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 . |