Example sentences of "but at the [noun sg] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some time that morning they would have to find somewhere to stay , but at the moment it seemed irrelevant . |
| 2 | Perhaps on another occasion , in another mood , he would have been more sympathetically disposed towards it , but at the moment it seemed merely the repetition , however well-prepared , of a diet he knew only too well . |
| 3 | Perhaps she should have put him right there and then , but at the time it had not seemed terribly important , for instantly , chameleon-like , his demeanour had altered . |
| 4 | Afterwards she thought that , of course she must already have formulated the plan somewhere at the back of her mind ; but at the time it burst upon her with all the excitement of a vision . |
| 5 | He can laugh about it now , and has referred to it in many speeches since to very good effect ; but at the time it hurt . |
| 6 | We 're used to it now , of course , but at the time it seemed rather exciting . |
| 7 | I know it sounds pathetic but at the time it gave me a bit of a fright . ’ |