Example sentences of "at the [noun sg] but it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | idea of the theory , which is something that probably should have come at the beginning but it does n't matter too much . |
| 2 | ‘ Most of it was sopped up by the double thickness of the collar at the back but it soaked down through . |
| 3 | I know I stayed the night at the station but it do n't feel real . |
| 4 | Once , someone had thrown a piece of lighted paper in a bottle at the house but it had not gone through the window . |
| 5 | ‘ More than one person at the event was surprised at the comment but it provides a neat balance to the government 's best wishes for my retirement ’ , he says . |