Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flu victims Steve Gaughan , who was absent from Tuesday 's disastrous defeat by Reading , and Garry Hinchley , who played but came off at half time , are slowly recovering , and should be ready for consideration . |
| 2 | But pulling out at that moment automatically yields failure . |
| 3 | The pound is down at one dollar fifty four , but up down at two marks forty three . |
| 4 | In Roberts jumping out of a car going at between 20 and 40 m.p.h. was not " daft " , but jumping out at 70 m.p.h. might be . |
| 5 | Having been reduced to ten men after only 15 minutes , they continued to make chance after chance but went in at half time with only two goals of an advantage . |
| 6 | But to bale out at 250 feet was tempting Fate too much — and although the parachute had just time to spring out of its canvas cover before the pilot hit the ground , no time remained for the canopy to open and check his fall . |