Example sentences of "[noun prp] at the [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man on the Belgium desk at the Foreign Office was being driven to despair by what was coming out of Brussels at the moment but Henry saw no reason to say so . |
| 2 | AN international policy shift on Bosnia 's civil war buoyed the former Yugoslav republic 's rebel Serbs at the weekend but the Muslim-led government felt betrayed and vowed to fight on to recapture lost territory . |
| 3 | There are no problems at Chepstow at the moment but if itfalls foul of the weather , Bonanza Boy will be re-routed to the King George at Kempton . |
| 4 | Peter Runciman , 64 , said he was a director and executive chairman of Shanks & McEwan at the time but was now retired from full-time work . |
| 5 | Senna desperately needed to beat Mansell at the start but the Williams made the better getaway . |
| 6 | The railway ghost caused a great stir in Darlington at the time but many were very sceptical about its bona fides . |
| 7 | Fox turned down a move to Hull at the weekend but Northern had to match the Humbersiders ' £140,000 offer before clinching the deal . |
| 8 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
| 9 | However , according to Dave Ball — who was European Marketing Director for Artisoft at the time but has now switched camps to take up the same role at Performance — the deal fell through at the end of last year . |