Example sentences of "but [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandison called over to Franco but asked for only one glass of the special liqueur . |
| 2 | When he heard that a role in Papillon would be especially created for him , he was not only flattered but asked for ( and got ) a salary of $1.25 million . |
| 3 | Mrs Thatcher agreed to allow the Report to be sent out for consultation , but asked for one alteration . |
| 4 | Greta Burkill did not confine herself to looking after his education , but fought for him to spend a summer with his parents in Venezuela — a country not keen to grant visitors ' visas to Jews at that time . |
| 5 | Judith Jones , his editor for the past 15 years , said Mr Hersey not only wrote , but fought for the rights of all authors and was active until the end . |
| 6 | This was relatively easy in the published bibliography , but made for many tiresome expansions online . |
| 7 | This was relatively easy in the published bibliography , but made for many tiresome expansions online . |
| 8 | Quilts were what you lay on to sunbathe that summer , not for warmth on beds , but slung for lounging comfort as it might be on some Damascus rooftop . |
| 9 | The Chairman of the Museums and Galleries Commission , Graham C. Greene , has asked the Attorney General Nicholas Lyell to look into the matter of the permission , finally granted this year by the Charity Commissioners , but applied for in 1988 , to break the Trust of Thomas Holloway . |
| 10 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 11 | PAV stressed its commitment to extensive devolution of powers from the federal to the republican governments , but argued for the federal government to retain strong powers for the economic good of the country and to maintain Czech-Slovak co-operation . |
| 12 | On Oct. 17 Habyarimana had agreed to allow all refugees to return to Rwanda , but argued for a regional conference to discuss reintegration problems . |
| 13 | Over the years , over coffee , lunch , drinks now and then , she found out more : yes to straight , yes to married , but divorced for some fifteen years . |
| 14 | a ) How can schools ensure that records of achievement provide evidence of the skills and aptitudes required for specific employers ' needs ? b ) Would n't it be unfair if employment tests were waived for Compact graduates , but maintained for non-Compact job applicants ? c ) If local policies are negotiated regarding this issue , what will be the implications for national companies ? |
| 15 | Andrew Walley , UK sales director of the California-based company , says PNMS was developed on a Unix machine in 1980 but commercialised for MVS because the Unix market was still immature . |
| 16 | Jack did n't even bother to practise but headed for his car and the drive back to his Wiltshire home . |
| 17 | Of the 330 patients , 144 were excluded from analysis for the following reasons : asthma present , but referred for endoscopy because of gastrointestinal symptoms ( 56 ) ; chronic obstructive airways disease present rather than asthma ( 18 ) ; no asthma present ( 58 ) ; and declined offer to have endoscopy ( 12 ) . |
| 18 | He said that it should not be regarded as a luxury but used for education , rural development and economic reform : the time had come , he said , ‘ for television to change its outlook in this country in order to suit the requirements of a developing country like Zambia ’ . |
| 19 | Would this lead to the principle of differentiation being accepted but used for different purposes , so that the goals of interest groups , rather than social welfare , dictate which commodities are taxed at a lower rate ? |
| 20 | The couple returned to the Howard estate at Cardington in Bedfordshire at first but moved for a time to Lymington on the Hampshire coast later , for the sake of her health . |
| 21 | She graduated in mathematics from Coimbra University with distinction in 1944 , but opted for a musical career . |
| 22 | Ian Austin , a hero in Tuesday 's B&H Cup semi final win at Leicester but dropped for the championship match against Essex , returns to the side . |
| 23 | The track continues uphill , soon levelling to pass between the walls of Fell lane , going forward but constricted for a long and uninteresting mile with Ingleborough out of sight and little worthy of note along the way apart from a large rock embedded in the lane and known as Giant 's Grave . |
| 24 | These were selected for examination by the assessors , but rejected for planning faults . |
| 25 | Marvin is a Liverpool fan but played for an Everton junior side last season and has still not made his mind up for whom to sign . |
| 26 | Yes they just had one maybe one melodeon or one fiddle , but played for the whole dance and you could hear it from end to end of the hall . |
| 27 | Local-based Hardman , who was originally at Warrington before spells at Runcorn and Altrincham , has been sidelined by injury since pre-season , but played for Warrington 's reserves at the weekend . |
| 28 | Debut 1986 v NZ Cavaliers but ignored for the NZ and Australia comeback games before regaining his place during the French tour . |
| 29 | All Baltic leaders declared the SCSE illegal , but appealed for calm , fearing the consequences of provoking military action . |
| 30 | None of them looked back to see what happened but galloped for the interchange to the Central Line . |