Example sentences of "for [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lexandro grinned wildly , for within but a few more weeks he was to have holes drilled through his carapace so that he could jack in to power armour . |
| 2 | This antiseptic treatment can be used for all but flowers . |
| 3 | This cave , also known as Diccan Pot , must be regarded as absolutely out of bounds for all but hardy and experienced cavers . |
| 4 | The organisation for all but very small raids was now formulated , with Lord Mountbatten as Chief of Combined Operations ( CCO ) having adequate staff to prepare outline plans for raids . |
| 5 | In reality it is impossible to estimate the probabilities P ( wi|w1 , … , wi-1 ) for all but very small values of i , and only for quite a small vocabulary . |
| 6 | The bias erm of British producers towards producing for a British market is likely to persist erm historically it 's been very difficult for all but er select minority to achieve significant sells sales overseas . |
| 7 | Luckily ( for all but rocky ) this operation was a success . |
| 8 | Father-of-three Mr Simon says he regretted fitting moto-cross motorcycle tyres , which for all but about 100metres of the rally were the wrong choice . |
| 9 | It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment . |
| 10 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 11 | Now the quality obviously is not as good as either the flat or fully-fashioned and that 's why the Americans have a reputation for not but that 's the reason , productivity . |
| 12 | I was gon na get a good film for tonight but I did n't have my card |
| 13 | I do n't know what we want for tonight but we might go down my sister 's this afternoon so we want something easy for when we come back . |
| 14 | was actually going to get the information for tonight but she has n't been able to and I have n't seen her . |
| 15 | It 's long and straight and takes for ever but eventually we get to the outskirts of Newbury . |
| 16 | I wished this could go on for ever but I realised that all too soon I would have to return . |
| 17 | She suspected that some aspects of rural life would be lost for ever but at the same time she could see that much was gained . |
| 18 | Here the situations are the same for both but their response is different — one parent may be up and down shouting requests and injunctions to the children , whilst the other sits calmly drinking coffee . |
| 19 | This offers 35 slots for now but there are plans to upgrade to a model 580 that would double this number . |
| 20 | Finally , it was suggested that widespread philosophical , political and economic beliefs serve to make the relative small amount of measured redistribution that appears to take place the order not only for today but for tomorrow as well . |
| 21 | It was funny for awhile but the novelty soon wore off . |
| 22 | By all means make plans for tomorrow but try not to spend so much time engrossed in those plans that you forget to live today . |
| 23 | But you got an appointment fo you could of had one for tomorrow but I thought Wednesday is a better day I thought . |
| 24 | Sunny spells for tomorrow but still a chance with showers . |
| 25 | And then we dismantle the Rante and sell or use the materials — I do n't know quite how or what for yet but , first , sleep and dream . " |