Example sentences of "but [subord] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would prefer to go back but if we close it for good it would be far better to have no Timex in Dundee than a Timex with scab labour earning scab wages and working under scab conditions . ’ |
| 2 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 3 | But if I worship thee for thyself alone , |
| 4 | Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered . |
| 5 | These are delicious by themselves , but if you use them for Devils on Horseback ( see p112 ) your cocktail party will surely be an enormous success . |
| 6 | It is available in kit form ; but if you get one for Christmas the joke is probably at your expense . |
| 7 | Boring work , but if you want one for the glass case , this is the best way to go about achieving that aim . |
| 8 | He and Stephanie both always won Kim 's game , the objects on a tray , but whereas she remembered them for their quiddity , naming and denoting them in language in her mind , he did it with a geometrical map and total spatial recall . |
| 9 | But when I asked him for permission he just agreed . |
| 10 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 11 | It took only minutes for Lubor to drive her to her hotel , but as she thanked him for lunch and he handed her back her parcel , he replied , ‘ Lunch was a happy time for me also , ’ and did n't waste a moment to enquire , ‘ Shall we have a happy dinner together this evening ? ’ |