Example sentences of "but [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edis was there in the holiday season , but lived at 32 Ladbroke Square , West London too . |
| 2 | Cut 4cm ( 1½inches ) off the ends of two of the rectangular cakes and sandwich all four cakes together with some of the buttercream , the shorter ones on top , centred widthways but aligned at one end . |
| 3 | In 1985 , they " woke up " and sued for possession but failed at first instance . |
| 4 | Even his last act of desperation proved a failure ; James was ignominiously stopped by fishermen at Faversham , Kent , who recognised his travelling companion , Sir Edward Hales ( Governor of the Tower ) , but failed at first to recognise the King . |
| 5 | There was a lot of some sort of stone crop , which was pretty enough , but smelled at close quarters rather like cleaning fluid . |
| 6 | I myself , not having much knowledge of computer electronics called for the services of a professional Computer Engineer , after explaining the symptoms he gave the PC a thorough check , he then informed me no fault could be found but suggested that as the problem was intermittent and the PC was somewhat old , it could be susceptible to noise not conducted but radiated at some external source , Radio Frequency Interference ( R.F.I. ) . |
| 7 | But bent at right angles . |
| 8 | They did not seem to follow any particular pattern , but occurred at random and with varying intensity . |
| 9 | The railway company always intended to lease the Euston as a first-class hotel but tried at first to run the Victoria itself . |
| 10 | The concept of " open skies " was first proposed by President Eisenhower in 1955 , but rejected at that time by the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | Marshall took 10 for 92 in that match but arrived at Old Trafford for the third Test reportedly with a rib injury . |
| 12 | His tone was barely sarcastic but hinted at enough to have Ruth wary again . |
| 13 | After all , it did not stretch to the floor but started at three feet six and went up to seven feet . |
| 14 | She faced a stiff task but started at 15–8 to overcome her inexperience in — very significantly — the first Gold Cup to give mares a five-pound weight concession . |
| 15 | He punched a volley which almost drove Chang into the court surrounds , yet the American not only reached it but responded at full stretch with a perfect lob ; quick-witted as well as fleet-footed play . |
| 16 | Two senior Chilean intelligence officers of the Pinochet regime , Gen. Juan Manuel Contreras of the DINA secret police and Lt. Col. Pedro Espinosa , had also been indicted in the case but remained at large in Chile [ see also pp. 36346 ; 36931 ] . |
| 17 | Vera did not eat anything while we talked but sipped at some of her excellent black coffee and smoked endless cigarettes . |