Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It had been aimed at my head , but I moved at the last second , prompted by some unclassified intuition of survival .
2 Certainly the request of staff then could turn into of the panel erm but but I think at the same time if people want to look at the structure so that they have a complete view of the structural organisation
3 but , erm , she was hoping to come to the meeting this evening , but she phoned at the last minute and said she could n't make it , but erm , I do n't know if it would be more appropriate perhaps for the schools groups to get in touch with her and I
4 But she pulled at the pink blanket and did n't say anything .
5 In such phrases one sees a characteristic Tolkienian strength : his ideas were often paradoxical and had deep intellectual roots , but they appealed at the same time to simple things and to everyday experience .
6 It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom .
7 Several banks and insurance companies explored the possibility of creating locally-based groups of older people , linked through glossy magazines , but they withdrew at an early stage .
8 Raymond and I no longer share a bed , but he wakes at the slightest noise . ’
9 But he shuddered at the military and political repercussions throughout the Middle East of a Western bid to defeat or overthrow Nasser .
10 But he appeared at the Old Bailey for an earlier trespass at Buckingham Palace , during which he had drunk some wine in the office of the Prince of Wales ' private secretary , and was sent to a secure hospital in Liverpool .
11 This bias was particularly strong during our Pre-Campaign Wave in March when Prime Minister Thatcher visited Moscow but it continued at a reduced level throughout the final campaign .
12 You 'it acrorst the line o' the ball , I grant yer , but it come at a fair lick , one bounce . ’
13 There is an alternative route which is longer and involves slightly more climbing , but it stays at a lower level , never rising higher than 1,600ft .
14 With a little moan of fear she scrambled out of the car and raced to the house to hammer on the door , but it opened at the first blow from her fist .
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