Example sentences of "but [vb past] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still suffering from jet-lag but opted to plunge in at the deep end against Monaghan . |
| 2 | Goldner toyed with the offer , but decided to stay on at the Getty after negotiating a new contract that allowed him to remain in his hometown of New York most of the year ( with short stays in Malibu ) , in effect managing and adding to the Getty 's collection in absentia . |
| 3 | He was educated at a boarding school in Littlehampton , but had to leave abruptly at the age of sixteen for financial reasons when his father died suddenly of pneumonia . |
| 4 | János Hunyadi was regent of Hungary during the minority of King Ladislas V , but had to step down at the very moment of the fall of Constantinople when Ladislas came of age . |
| 5 | He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page . |