Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I went for the downstairs one because of the bath . |
| 2 | Erm well they 're , they 're based actually in , in America but I work for the U K division . |
| 3 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
| 4 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
| 5 | The Deputy Under Secretary had no one but himself to blame for the irritation that his starched collar created just below the line of his neatly cut hair . |
| 6 | But nobody cared for the stones he told And he sat all alone of a night Until one day a traveller came in from the cold A sorry and miserable sight . |
| 7 | But she heads for the kitchen , just the same . |
| 8 | Aunt Kit never wrote , it would have shamed her to write my married name on the envelope , but she knitted for the baby , strange , holey garments that stretched to a huge size when I washed them , big enough for a prize boxer . |
| 9 | Ninety may be a good age but who knows for the horse the IRA could n't kill this could only be the start of the search for pastures new . |
| 10 | But they had for the winter time they their houses to go to . |
| 11 | The expansion of Brighton provided a number of new churches but they depended for the clergy 's livelihood on rented pews and the poor were virtually excluded . |
| 12 | The Quaker mine-owners could hardly avoid the site 's exposure to the ravages of moorland weather , but they provided for the welfare of their employees , with sick pay and adult education schemes that became models for other employers . |
| 13 | In Fleming 's time , most bacteriologists would simply have thrown the spoiled culture away , but he looked for the cause . |
| 14 | Not just because of not just because certain men at a certain place were sinful and crucified him unjustly not just because of sin but he died for the sin of the world , taking our sin in our place . |
| 15 | But he settled for the blackjack , and charged it to Visa . |
| 16 | It provides extensive guidance on learning and teaching , but it remains for the tutor to apply the descriptor to the language being taught , and to provide the necessary content . |