Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the [noun sg] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 2 | He wanted to play at the funeral but Tony 's mother would n't let him . |
| 3 | it 's a dirty fuel to use at the moment but they 're all , there are means being developed even now on |
| 4 | The pompous Bowyer was ordered to stay at the manor but Sir Edmund waved us over . |
| 5 | He tried to swim , to claw at the wall but he could not ; not against years of shit , clinging slime — he might easier have climbed a glacier — get a grip , and still no one ; no reaching hand to help him . |