Example sentences of "but [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said nothing , but gazed at him with wide , terrified eyes , then almost involuntarily she made a small gesture with her hands to ward him off and he , taking it as a token of reciprocal feeling , stepped forward and took her in his arms . |
| 2 | Not to go at our charge , but to go at your charge . |
| 3 | Other families may not have meal-times but eat at erratic times of the day . |
| 4 | Now for the first time she was face to face with fragmented suggestions of reality , distorted perhaps , like the sun glancing on water , but hinting at something very different from the fairy tale princess the child Harriet had claimed as her own . |
| 5 | Edis was there in the holiday season , but lived at 32 Ladbroke Square , West London too . |
| 6 | Try as she might , Rory could n't help but giggle at the ridiculous picture that conjured up in her mind 's eye . |
| 7 | When I won an essay competition in 1957 on " Why I was proud to be a citizen of Leeds " , organised by the Variety Club of Great Britain and the local evening paper , the big event in my London visit was not Buckingham Palace , nor having Norman Wisdom put his arm round me , but gazing at a skiffle group which had played in the 21's coffee bar with Tommy Steele . |
| 8 | He tried to suggest it was a casual encounter as he stepped from the shadows , but realized at once that his subterfuge was painfully obvious . |
| 9 | This last is not the day.today catering provided by a commercial restaurant , a hotel dining room or a canteen , but catering at one-off " events " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So he has accepted an offer to drive the new Vector at Silverstone , but insists at the moment it is for this race only . |
| 12 | He missed the next fixture at Northampton but re-appeared at Trent Bridge for the Notts game and was called eight times for throwing and seven times fro dragging . |
| 13 | In 1985 , they " woke up " and sued for possession but failed at first instance . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But to attend at the Home Office itself , and at the breakfast hour , was unusual , and the Foreign Office message had lacked explanation . |
| 16 | There was a lot of some sort of stone crop , which was pretty enough , but smelled at close quarters rather like cleaning fluid . |
| 17 | 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. ) . |
| 18 | Everyone was drinking but scattered at the sight of Bill Sykes but this little girl went back on stage to finish her drink ! |
| 19 | But at last there was a kind of to and fro between them , more like a tennis match perhaps than a genuine conversation , with words being patted back and forth , but Rose at least was grateful for it . |
| 20 | The Doctor did n't stop , but shouted at the top of his voice for all to hear : |
| 21 | Even then he did not fight to recover his own hold on safety , but strained at his slipping grip on the man , dragging him outwards . |
| 22 | But bent at right angles . |
| 23 | They did not seem to follow any particular pattern , but occurred at random and with varying intensity . |
| 24 | It does n't just focus on giving birth in a pool , but looks at how swimming and water exercises can prepare you for labour , and how water can help you and your baby in the bonding process . |
| 25 | The railway company always intended to lease the Euston as a first-class hotel but tried at first to run the Victoria itself . |
| 26 | Automatic crystallisation is not a term of art but covers at least two situations which at first blush appear dissimilar ; one is where the charge is made to crystallise on the happening of an event provided for in the charge without there being any need for a further act by the chargee and the other is where the charge is made to crystallise on the serving of a notice of crystallisation on the company . |
| 27 | Many of the species arrive simultaneously during the early years , but grow at different rates . |
| 28 | The cup was presented to Wood Group Haven , but retained at Sony for display and safe keeping . |
| 29 | Black pretended not to overhear , but mused at the private world of women and the bond that had formed between the two . |
| 30 | It displays the extraordinary virtuosity which this scheme encourages , but has at the same time great sculptural power . |