Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the [noun] but " in BNC.

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1 People are encouraged to look at the wills but constant handling was putting them in jeopardy .
2 ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’
3 He wanted to play at the funeral but Tony 's mother would n't let him .
4 it 's a dirty fuel to use at the moment but they 're all , there are means being developed even now on
5 The pompous Bowyer was ordered to stay at the manor but Sir Edmund waved us over .
6 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 .
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