Example sentences of "but [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | for example , a production manager may be stuck about ideas on how to improve factory efficiency but looking at a potted plant on the desk might suggest an improved working environment or employees being given more wages ( which may be seen as the equivalent of plant food ) . |
| 3 | She was apparently close to marriage on two occasions , but withdrew at a late stage . |
| 4 | For example , children today are happy with metres and centimetres , but seem at a loss when faced with yards , feet and inches . |
| 5 | But looked at a er at any ordinance survey map , they 'd have seen that they got the track plan wrong . |
| 6 | The two girls , it transpired , did not work in a cabaret but assisted at a gambling salon . |
| 7 | ‘ How can you be sure it was only one ? ’ the thin man asked doubtfully but clutching at a straw of hope . |
| 8 | If a contiguous area of storage is available elsewhere , or if the keys are continuous but start at a figure outside the range of the storage addresses available , an addition or subtraction will be needed . |
| 9 | Competitors understandably try on every shot , but play at a funereal pace . |
| 10 | ( j , j' ) when expression of Krox-20 begins to be downregulated in r5 , but remains at a high level in r3. ov , Otic vesicle ; r3 , r5 rhombomeres 3 and 5 . |