Example sentences of "but [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black pretended not to overhear , but mused at the private world of women and the bond that had formed between the two . |
| 2 | He planned to send his sons to day schools , but weakened at the last . |
| 3 | Delegations from Algeria and Yemen travelled to Moscow but withdrew at the last moment in solidarity with the Palestinian delegation . |
| 4 | Thus the F.C.C. was held to have surmounted the first hurdle of entitlement to enter the inquiry , but fell at the second because it had misconstrued the meaning of successor in title . |
| 5 | Her distraught South African fiance Cuan Cronje had planned to accompany the two women on their safari trip but cancelled at the last minute . |
| 6 | He took no stand , but resigned at the last moment from the Lloyd George Cabinet so as to be ingratiatingly available to continue as Foreign Secretary in the new Government . |