Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this may strike us as very patronising but it reveals at least as much concern about the welfare , and rehabilitation , of prisoners as the incarceration policies of the present day . |
| 2 | Murray , a boy who was well-liked but who shone at nothing , was also proud of his status as a Colour Bearer and a member of the school council , and took seriously his obligations of exemplary citizenship . |
| 3 | The bird was tough and stringy but they tugged at its smoky burnt flesh with a ravenous appetite . |
| 4 | But Blackheath administrator Alun Davies said : ‘ The knee is coming on fine but it needs at least another couple of weeks rehabilitation . |
| 5 | And in fact the coffee rooms not only were not profitable but I think at one time were even subsidized by the directors ' own pocket which just how balmy some people can be . |
| 6 | ‘ All I wanted was a pain-killer but they said at the desk that there were none in the hotel . |