Example sentences of "[subord] for [art] grace " in BNC.
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| 1 | During my early career , for instance , when one of the shift was caught and sentenced for a string of burglaries , the others skirted around their implicit knowledge that ‘ there but for the grace of God goes everyone ’ , and comforted themselves by recalling ( with the aid of the hindsight-ometer ) that he had ‘ never been a real polis … always been a bit of a loner , something of an outsider … ’ |
| 2 | The underlying attitude is perhaps that most people accept mentally handicapped people and are sympathetic towards them , but remain inwardly glad that it has not happened to them or to their children — ‘ there but for the grace of God , go I. ’ They also continue to believe the many myths surrounding the handicapped which have been passed on for decades . |
| 3 | These were at-home years of high purpose , tough conditions , and not very much humour — marked by the austere image of Stafford Cripps , of whom Churchill observed ‘ There but for the Grace of God , goes God . ’ |
| 4 | They can make us grateful that we have so much ( there but for the grace of God go I … ) . |
| 5 | Of whom was it said , ‘ There but for the grace of God goes God ’ ? |
| 6 | For the believer who understands this , ‘ By God 's grace I am what I am ’ is never pious rhetoric : ‘ There but for the grace of God go I ’ is as realistic a statement as any we ever make . |
| 7 | ‘ There , but for the grace of God , go I. ’ No statement could be more apposite . |
| 8 | Do give thanks , but remember this ; it is always a case of there but for the grace of God go I. |
| 9 | AND THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD … |
| 10 | Thus , since the executive 's way of making money for the corporation is not viewed as either immoral or criminal , his neighbours are hardly likely to discriminate against him ; after all , there but for the grace of the enforcement agencies |
| 11 | ‘ There , but for the grace of the Emperor , ’ he muttered , ‘ go I. ’ |
| 12 | There but for the grace of God … |
| 13 | ‘ There but for the grace of God … eh ? ’ he muttered . |
| 14 | Well there were one or two that was a bit , got on their high horse , you know and say , It 's disgusting and that , but er I never did because er in cases like that I think there but for the grace of God , you know I I would n't condemn people , in those , we were living in very abnormal times you see . |
| 15 | And , but for the grace of God … ’ |
| 16 | Certainly many people had mumbled all that stuff about ‘ there but for the grace of God … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think , There but for the grace of God go I. ’ |
| 18 | I , I , I 'm , I am absolutely mortified , because , I have to say I think that erm , I got in the car , I do n't have very far to drive from the N E C , erm , twenty minutes and I 'm home , but I go on the M 1 motorway and er , and I never gave it very much thought , and on Monday when I was told Dave , what had happened , erm , there but for the grace of God . |
| 19 | He says that his family was on the ferry , there but for the grace of God go his family . |
| 20 | I feel sorry for them there , but for the grace of god , does anyone of us ? |
| 21 | and others really victim , I said but is n't it , is n't it kinder in a way , I would n't , if they really are sick in their minds then but for the grace of god would n't it be kinder to stick a needle in their bottoms when they were asleep so they did n't wake up again |
| 22 | That was the way we became his followers , the way we got saved , it 's the way we continue , it 's the way and it 's the only re the only method by which we will ever stand before him and he will usher us into his presence to stand eternity with him , through his grace and as we see others , not in a sense of condemnation , not in a sense of self righteousness or pointing the finger , as we see others we can say with that man of old who , as he watched the , the man being dragged , to the , to the gallows , there but for the grace of God , goes I , goes me and there but for God 's grace , think of that most , that worse condition that you know , think of that person who has messed their life up more than any body else and er , who has made a total wreck of it , there but for the grace of God is you and there 's me , oh thank God for his grace . |
| 23 | That was the way we became his followers , the way we got saved , it 's the way we continue , it 's the way and it 's the only re the only method by which we will ever stand before him and he will usher us into his presence to stand eternity with him , through his grace and as we see others , not in a sense of condemnation , not in a sense of self righteousness or pointing the finger , as we see others we can say with that man of old who , as he watched the , the man being dragged , to the , to the gallows , there but for the grace of God , goes I , goes me and there but for God 's grace , think of that most , that worse condition that you know , think of that person who has messed their life up more than any body else and er , who has made a total wreck of it , there but for the grace of God is you and there 's me , oh thank God for his grace . |