Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adj] [noun sg] but " in BNC.
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1 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
2 | The sing-song lumbered along for a little while but it appears that the ‘ Ball of Kirriemuir ’ has been removed from the Examination Syllabus . |
3 | Dean Hodgson was first to go … caught behind … for 9 and then in the next but one over Broad was leg before for 14 … at 26 for 2 the Gloucestershire folk must have thought they were in for a hard day but Mark Alleyne came to the rescue … he made 73 … |
4 | It may be worth investing in a course of vitamin supplements — they ca n't make up for a poor diet but they can provide a useful boost occasionally . |
5 | We fell out for a little while but I mean , playing loud but I mean upstairs is fine . |
6 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |